The Department of State Services, DSS, has said that the raid on the Kaduna residence and office of Tukur Mamu, the self-appointed Abuja-Kaduna Train attack negotiator, yielded “dividends”.
Confirming the raid which was carried out in the early hours of Thursday, September 9, 2022, DSS Spokesperson, Dr Peter Afunanya, in a statement said the search yielded, large sums of different currencies and denominations, as well as Military accoutrements. He also said Mamu will be charged to Court.
Said the DSS: “So far, appropriate Security Agencies have executed valid search warrants on Mamu’s residence and office. During the processes, incriminating materials, including Military accoutrements were recovered.
“Other items include large amount of different currencies and denominations as well as financial transaction instruments.
“While further investigations continue, Mamu will surely have a day in Court.”
Mamu, Publisher of the Desert Herald, is also the Media Consultant to Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi. He became popular and entered the National consciousness when he introduced himself as the negotiator between the Terrorists who carried out the embarrassing attack on the Abuja-Kaduna bound Train and the families of abducted victims. They killed eight people and abducted 68 others.
They have, for about four months and counting, been releasing the hostages in batches. Mamu was always the first to announce the releases and the status of both the Terrorists and the remaining victims.
At a point, he said he had withdrawn from his self-appointed role because he was not getting any support or encouragement from the Federal Government.
Nonetheless, each one of the victims released, usually went to thank Mamu for the role he played. It is alleged that each victim paid the sum of N100m before release. Speculation is rife that the ransom monies, allegedly, pass through Mamu to the Terrorists.
Recently, he alerted the Nation that a 22 year-old female Christian victim was about to be forced into marrying one of the top Commanders of the Terrorists. About 23 of the victims remaining in captivity.
Mamu was intercepted on September 6, 2022, at an Airport in Cairo, Egypt, on his way to Saudi Arabia. He was in the company of his two wives and one order when he was arrested by INTERPOL. After interrogation at the Airport, he was flown back to Nigeria where he was picked up on arrival at the Kano International Airport by DSS operatives on Wednesday, September 7.
Currently, he is in the custody of the Service.
