A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted a prayer by the Department of State Services (DSS) to detain the former terrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu, for 60 more days.
Justice Nkeonye Maha, on Tuesday 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 on the 12th of September, had urged the court to grant its reliefs to enable it conclude investigation on Mamu.
Mamu has been leading the negotiation with the terrorists for the release of the Abuja-Kaduna train passengers kidnaped in March.
Mamu, who was with some members of his family, was on Sept. 6, arrested in Cairo, Egypt by foreign security agents.
Mamu, who was on his way to Saudi Arabia for lesser Hajj, was detained in Cairo International Airport before being repatriated to Nigeria.
The DSS had, on Sunday, cautioned Nigerians about making comments on its arrest of Mamu.
In a statement by its Spokesman, Peter Afunaya, the DSS asked the public to leave the agency alone and allow it to concentrate on the investigations, describing the outcomes so far as “mind-boggling”.
This comes hours after the Islamic cleric, Sheikh Gumi, to whom Mamu is an aide, had faulted the arrest of the negotiator.
