Senator Ali Ndume has claimed that his phone conversations are being monitored by authorities, raising fresh questions about surveillance and national security focus.
He made the allegation on Thursday, the 19th of March, 2026, during an appearance on Politics Today aired by Channels Television.
Ndume said he had received repeated warnings to be mindful of what he says over the phone, as his calls were allegedly under watch.
When pressed on whether the government was tracking him, he confirmed that it was the case.
Despite this, the lawmaker said he is not overly concerned about the situation, pointing instead to the country’s pressing security challenges.
He questioned the effectiveness of security agencies, noting that criminal groups still operate openly and even share content of their activities on platforms like TikTok.
He said, “You can imagine the bandits, the terrorists in Nigeria have the audacity to be reporting their atrocities on Tiktok and then disperse and sending it out to people.
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“I believe that if telephone can be tracked, and where Ndume or politically exposed persons can be tracked, I begin to wonder what is going on?
“They have tracking system all over. I’ve been warned several times that look, be careful on what you say on the phone, because the phone is being monitored.
“So if I can be monitored, I kept getting confused as to why can’t they come…
“If you as a journalist can get information about me, what stops the security agencies or the intelligence agencies to get information about the whereabouts or the activities of terrorists.”
Asked again if authorities were monitoring his calls, Ndume responded, “Yes”.
“I don’t have problem with that (government monitoring my phone). The whole Nigeria is country of concern now, but that’s not a big deal anyway,” he added.