A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, granted a prayer by the Department of State Services (DSS) to detain the former terrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu, for 60 more days.
Justice Nkeonye Maha ruled on the ex-parte motion moved by counsel for the DSS, Ahmed Magaji.
The security outfit, in the motion marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1617/2022 dated and filed Sept. 12, had urged the court to grant its reliefs to enable it to conclude its investigation on Mamu, who had been leading the negotiation with the terrorists for the release of the Abuja-Kaduna train passengers kidnaped in March.
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Recall that Mamu was arrested on September 6, by foreign security agents in Cairo, Egypt, He was detained at Cairo International Airport before being repatriated back to Nigeria.
The DSS had, on Sunday, warned Nigerians over making comments on its arrest of Mamu.
The DSS, in a statement by its Spokesman, Peter Afunaya, urged Nigerians to leave the agency alone and allow it to concentrate on the investigations, which it said the outcomes had been “mindboggling.”
The statement came after an Islamic cleric, Sheik Gumi, to whom Mamu is an aide, faulted the arrest of the negotiator and called on DSS to charge Mamu to court if it had any evidence against him rather than keep him in custody.
