Nigerian Senator Shehu Buba Requests Investigation into Allegations Against Him
Nigerian Senator for the Bauchi South district Shehu Buba has asked security agencies to investigate allegations of links to banditry, terrorism financing and kidnappings. He said this at a press conference in the city of Bauchi, Premium Times Nigeria reports.
According to Buba, his legal team appealed to Nigeria’s State Security Service, the Defence Intelligence Agency and the police, requesting an investigation. The senator also said that he voluntarily appeared before the State Security Service for questioning.
The senator’s denial
Buba rejected claims that he allegedly sponsored, financed, armed, facilitated or supported banditry, terrorism, kidnappings or criminal groups. He called on people who have evidence to submit it to security agencies rather than spread such allegations on social media.
The senator said that he has nothing to hide and is not afraid of a lawful investigation. According to him, he is prepared to appear before a court if investigators establish sufficient grounds for charges and will accept the consequences if convicted by a competent court.
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Origin of the allegations
The new allegations emerged after an online interview in which a man identified as Hassan Husseini, who had previously been associated with the senator, claimed that Buba allegedly harbored leaders of bandit groups and supported banditry. Husseini also alleged that people linked to the wanted bandit leader Dogo Gide were allegedly taken to Abuja for specialized training with the assistance of the senator’s aide.
Buba rejected these claims and said that videos and photographs circulated online had been misrepresented. According to him, he met Husseini in 2024, when he was introduced as an orphan needing help with education. The senator said he enrolled him in a private college in Kaduna and an Islamic school, but their relationship later deteriorated.
Buba’s lawyers submitted to security agencies documents concerning his report to the police in September 2025, criminal proceedings at the Federal High Court in Abuja, and a petition dated September 7, 2026, requesting Interpol’s intervention. In October 2025, five defendants appeared before the Federal High Court in Abuja in a case linked to the senator’s earlier report to the police. The charges included conspiracy, cyberstalking, criminal defamation, advance-fee fraud and extortion.
