The Department of State Services, DSS, has been granted permission to detain the bandits’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu, for 60 more days.
Justice Nkeonye Maha of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja granted permission on Tuesday in response to an ex-parte motion moved by Ahmed Magaji, counsel for the DSS.
The secret police, in the motion marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1617/2022, dated and filed September 12, urged the court to grant its reliefs to enable it to conclude its investigation on Mamu.
Recall that Mamu had been leading the negotiation with the terrorists for the release of the Abuja-Kaduna train passengers kidnapped since March.
KEMI FILANI NEWS had reported that Mamu was arrested alongside his family members in Cario, the capital of Egypt, and later flown back to Nigeria.
Mamu said he was arrested and detained at the Cairo International Airport for 24 hours while going to Saudi Arabia for lesser Hajj.
The DSS operatives picked up the Kaduna-based publisher and his family members immediately after their plane landed at the Kano airport on Wednesday and took them to Abuja.
