Breaking: DSS explains why bandits’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu was arrested at Kano airport
The Department of State Services (DSS) has clarified the reasons behind the apprehension of Tukur Mamu, the principal negotiator between armed groups and captives of the Kaduna-bound train, by its agents at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano.
NAIJATAB NEWS had previously reported that Mamu was seized along with his family members in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, and subsequently transported back to Nigeria.
Mamu indicated that he was taken into custody and held at the Cairo International Airport for a duration of 24 hours while traveling to Saudi Arabia for lesser Hajj.
The DSS personnel picked up the Kaduna-based publisher and his relatives immediately upon their arrival at the Kano airport this afternoon and transferred them to Abuja.
The DSS spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, ...