Mallam Tukur Mamu, the lead negotiator between terrorists and the passengers abducted on a train headed for Kaduna in March, was apprehended in Cairo, Egypt’s capital, together with his family.
Also, the Kaduna-based publisher of Desert Herald newspaper, was arrested on the orders of the Nigerian Government. According to Daily Trust.
Mamu was arrested at the Cairo International Airport for 24 hours while en route to Saudi Arabia for lesser Hajj. He is now being repatriated to Nigeria.
Mamu told Daily Trust that he departed Nigeria on Tuesday and that no evidence of wrongdoing was found in his hands after an investigation by Egyptian security services.
Mamu insinuated a plan by the Nigerian government to detain him in another country just as was done to Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Igboho, but that could not happen because the Egyptian government found that his papers were genuine.
It will be recalled that Mamu pulled out of the negotiation with terrorists after he alleged a threat to his life and attempted blackmail by the Nigerian Government.