Kaduna Train Attack: Court grants DSS more 60 days to detain terrorists’ negotiator
Terrorism

Kaduna Train Attack: Court grants DSS more 60 days to detain terrorists’ negotiator

The Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, yesterday, gave the Department of State Services(DSS), permission to further detain the Abuja-Kaduna train kidnap negotiator, Mr. Tukur Mamu, for 60 days. The detention order, granted by Justice Nkeonye Maha, is to allow the security agency to conclude its ongoing investigations into Mamu’s alleged involvement with terrorists. It

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Arrest of terrorists negotiator an act of terrorism, says Sheikh Gumi
Terrorism

Arrest of terrorists negotiator an act of terrorism, says Sheikh Gunmi

Islamic cleric, Ahmed Gunmi has described the arrest of terrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu by the Department of State Services(DSS) as an act terrorism. Recall that Mamu who negotiated the release of Abuja-Kaduna train victims, was arrested on Tuesday at Cairo International Airport alongside his family. After he was repatriated on Wednesday, the DSS alerted the

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Management of Desert Herald warns against media trial as DSS raids homes of Mamu’s in-law, relatives
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Mgmt. of Desert Herald warns against media trial as DSS raids homes of Mamu’s in-law, relatives

The management of Desert Herald has cautioned the Department of State Service against what it termed the media trial of its Publisher, Malam Tukur Mamu, currently under detention in its (DSS) facility. In a statement on Friday by its Head, Special Projects, Ibrahim Mada, the management also cleared the air that the so-called ‘Military Accoutrements’

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Military accoutrements Found at Tukur Mamu’s Home in Kaduna - DSS
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Military accoutrements Found at Tukur Mamu’s Home in Kaduna – DSS

The Department of State Services(DSS) confirmed on Thursday nightthat operatives had carried out search on Tukur Mamu’s home and offices in Kaduna with many discoveries. The DSS in a statement by its Spokesman, Dr. Peter Afunanya, said that among the materials found during the search by ‘appropriate security agencies’ were incriminating materials including Military accoutrements. The

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DSS Storms, Raids Terrorists’ Negotiator’s Residence
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DSS Storms, Raids Terrorists’ Negotiator’s Residence

A team of the Department of State Service(DSS) raided the residence of Malam Tukur Mamu, the Publisher of Kaduna-based Desert Herald and Media Consultant to controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, who withdrew as one of the negotiators between the terrorists that attacked the March 28 Abuja-Kaduna bound AK-9 train passengers. A source familiar with the matter

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