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UPDATE: How I Was Arrested In Egypt, Detained For 24 Hours, Forcefully Flown Back To Nigeria – Kaduna Train Terrorists’ Negotiator, Tukur Mamu

Tukur Mamu
September 7, 2022

Mamu was during the week arrested on the orders of the Nigerian Government.

Alhaji Tukur Mamu, the lead negotiator between the terrorists and the passengers kidnapped from an Abuja-Kaduna train, has opened up on his encounter in Egypt.
Mamu was during the week arrested on the orders of the Nigerian Government.
He was on his way to Saudi Arabia for lesser Hajj, was detained at the Cairo International Airport for 24 hours and is being repatriated back to Nigeria.
Mamu, who is the Publisher of Desert Herald Newspaper in Kaduna, negotiated the release of some of the victims of the March 28 2022 Kaduna Train attack.
According to Daily Trust, the publisher while onboard the plane back to Nigeria said nothing incriminating was found on him.
He added that the Egyptian authorities had informed him that they had no reason to detain him further.

He is expected to arrive at Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano State Wednesday afternoon and may be interrogated further by officials of Nigerian secret police, Department of State Security (DSS).
“I was on my way to Cairo-Egypt but my destination was Saudi Arabia for my Umrah alongside some of my family members. I was detained for 24 hours at the Cairo International Airport under the orders of Nigerian Government. I was not harassed at the Nigerian Airport until I got to Cairo when the security officials there told me that they had orders to arrest me by Nigerian Department of State Security (DSS). We were arrested alongside my family members for the whole day at Cairo Airport,” he said.
“Right now they boarded the next available flight for me and my family members back home to Kano. I’m sure the DSS officials would likely be waiting for me at the Kano airport today (Wednesday). I don’t have anything to hide and I’m not afraid of them (DSS). I swear to God I’m not afraid of them. I just want the world to know of what is happening.”