By Muhammed Abubakar, Reporting
PUBLISHER of Kaduna-based newspaper, Desert Herald and Abuja /Kaduna train lead negotiator, Tukur Mamu and his family, have been arrested in Cairo, Egypt.
Stonix News gathered that they were arrested on their way to Saudi Arabia for lesser Hajj.
According to reports, he was detained for 24 hours at Cairo International Airport before being repatriated back to Nigeria.
As of the time of filing the report, his whereabout is still unclear.
He has, however, told a national daily in a chat that he left Nigeria on Tuesday and there was nothing incriminating found in his possession.
He said after being investigated by Egyptian security agencies, they told him his papers were valid and they couldn’t detain him in Cairo.
Stonix News recalled that Mamu was the lead negotiator of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack where over 60 passengers were kidnapped.
He was also recently able to secure the release of some kidnapped passengers as well as to persuade the terrorists not to kill them when they threatened to kill the passengers if their demands were not met.
He, however, decided to pull out as the lead negotiator after he alleged that there were threats to his life and blackmail from powers that be.
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