The Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday morning raided the Kaduna residence and office of Tukur Mamu, spokesman of the popular Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi.
Mamu was arrested earlier in the week by Interpol in Egypt on his way to lesser Hajj in Saudi Arabia with his family.
The newspaper publisher was sent back to Nigeria and picked up by DSS for questioning over his links with terrorists. Mamu negotiated the release of some of the hostages in the March 2022 train abduction in Kaduna.
A family source informed Premium Times of the raid, saying it occurred around midnight. The source said the operatives seized phones and laptop computers found at the premises.
According to the source, Mamu’s wives, who were travelling with him to Saudi Arabia have been released while his son, Ibrahim, and son-in-law Faisal, are still being held by the DSS.
Mamu withdrew as lead negotiator between the hostages’ families and terrorists following allegation that the Nigerian government was threatening his life.
