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Breaking: DSS explains why bandits’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu was arrested at Kano airport
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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, ...
Sterling Law Centre condemns alleged inhuman treatment of Abuja hotel cleaner by DSS
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Sterling Law Centre condemns alleged inhuman treatment of Abuja hotel cleaner by DSS

The Sterling Law Centre has criticized the Department of Security Service for purportedly inhumane treatment of one Patrick Okachi, a janitor at the Statement Hotel in Abuja. The center urged the FCT Commissioner of Police to initiate an immediate inquiry and the prosecution of suspects in the relevant court in a statement jointly endorsed yesterday by its Director, Deji Ajare, and Executive Communication Officer, Adaobi Iyiegbu. As stated by the center, on November 3, 2022, Okachi, a janitor at the Statement Hotel in Abuja, was conducting his routine duties when he received a call from Celina Okafor, the hotel’s secretary. “She accused him of pilfering an unspecified amount of money from the office of the Chairman the prior day and asserted that he was captured on CCTV footage. He refu...