The Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Maigari Dingiyadi, said the detention of the bandits’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu, would not stop the release of the remaining Abuja-Kaduna train victims.
Dingiyadi stated this on Thursday after the National Security Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
According to the minister, there was no cause for alarm since other negotiators were involved in the release of other victims from the kidnappers.
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 Department of State Services (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.
