Kebbi Schoolgirls: Reps Condemn Alleged FG Negotiation with Bandits
Tukur Mamu challenges his designation as a terrorist amid trial for alleged involvement in Kaduna train attack, including receiving N50 million ransom and communicating with Boko Haram.
- At the resumed trial on Tuesday, a DSS witness said Tukur Mamu allegedly received N50 million from 'Shugaba', the leader tied to the 2022 Abuja–Kaduna train attack.
- Prosecutors say Tukur Mamu, defendant, faces terrorism charges including dealing with terrorist funds, exchanging voice notes with a Boko Haram spokesperson, and obstructing the Chief of Defence Staff committee.
- A Department of State Services witness said while interpreting audio recordings that Tukur Mamu was interrogated in Egypt and the recordings were presented as evidence before his repatriation.
- Mamu has filed a suit against the AGF, and the judge adjourned the matter until February 23, 2026 for adoption of final written addresses.
- On Tuesday the court heard that the terrorist group asked Tukur Mamu, defendant, to teach them website setup and that he advised negotiating directly with victims' families, the Department of State Services claim.
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Kebbi schoolgirls: Reps condemn alleged FG negotiation with bandits
The House of Representatives on Wednesday criticised the Federal Government over claims that it negotiated with bandits to secure the release of 24 students abducted from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi State. The position was contained in a statement issued by a coalition of lawmakers known as “House to the Rescue,” following disclosures by presidential aide Bayo Onanuga suggesting that negotiations were part of …
Kaduna Train Attack: How terrorists offered Tukur Mamu N50 million ransom share – Witness
The federal government charged Mr Mamu with collecting aggregate $420, 000 and N21 million from different families of the 2022 train attack hostages. The post Kaduna Train Attack: How terrorists offered Tukur Mamu N50 million ransom share – Witness appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
Kaduna Rail Attack: Mamu Received N50m From Ransom Fund – DSS
Alleged terrorist negotiator, Tukur Mamu, allegedly received the sum of N50 million from ‘Shugaba’, the leader of the group involved in the 2022 Abuja-Kaduna train attack and abduction of passengers, a witness of the Department of State Services (DSS) has said. Mamu is facing charges bordering on terrorism offences, including receiving ransoms from families of victims of the Kaduna train attack of March 28, 2022, dealing with terrorist funds, ob…
Kaduna Train Attack: How Terrorists Offered Tukur Mamu N50 million Ransom Share – Witness - Thepodiummedia
The federal government charged Mr Mamu with collecting aggregate $420, 000 and N21 million from different families of the 2022 train attack hostages. An investigator with the State Security Service (SSS), on Tuesday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that Tukur Mamu was offered a N50 million share by Shugaba, leader of the terrorist group, who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna bound train in 2022. The SSS operative, who testified as sixth prosecution…
FG Didn't Mandate Tukur Mamu to negotiate with terrorists, DSS witness tells court
An operative of the Department of State Service, (DSS) on Wednesday told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the federal government did not a by time appoint Tukur Mamu to negotiate with terrorists who attacked a train on the Abuja -Kaduna corridor in 2022. Rather, said the DSS operative, Tukur, who is standing trial for alleged terrorism financing, sidelined a committee set up by the Chief of Defence Staff to negotiate for the release of those…
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