A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, granted the request of the Department of State Services (DSS) to detain the former terrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu, for 60 more days.
Justice Nkeonye Maha, in a short ruling on the ex-parte motion moved by counsel for the DSS, Ahmed Magaji, granted the motion as prayed.
The security outfit, in the motion marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1617/2022 dated and filed Sept. 12, had urged the court to grant its reliefs to enable it conclude its investigation on Mamu, who had been leading the negotiation with the terrorists for the release of the Abuja-Kaduna train passengers kidnaped in March.
Mamu, was on Sept 6 arrested on his way to Saudi Arabia for lesser Hajj, at the Cairo International Airport and was repatriated back to Nigeria.
He was received at the airport by the DSS and taken into custody.
The DSS had, on Sunday, warned Nigerians over making comments on Mamu’s Arrest
DSS Spokesman, Peter Afunaya urged Nigerians to leave the agency alone and allow it to concentrate on the investigations, which it said the outcomes had been “mindboggling.”
