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BREAKING: DSS Rearrests Escaped female kidnapper in Kano
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BREAKING: DSS Rearrests Escaped female kidnapper in Kano

The kidnapper, Mercy Paul, who escaped after been arrested over kidnapping of several Kano Children and sold them in Anambra State has been rearrested by the Department of the State Security and the Kano Correctional Center Kano state. Mercy Paul was arrested along others for allegedly kidnapping several Kano children and selling them in Anambra State sometimes last year 2019. However, on 31th January 2020, Mercy Paul was said to have escaped from hospital where she was taken for medication after falling ill at Kano Kurmawa Correctional Centre where she is waiting trail. The Comptroller of the Kano Correctional Centre, Ahmad Abdullahi Magaji told Newsmen that on 31th January, at about 12.05pm, he was told that Mercy had escaped from the hands of their officers who took her to Mu...
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, ...