Tukur Mamu, the spokesman for the Kaduna-based cleric, Ahmad Gumi, is being flown back for trial in the single case in which kidnappers reportedly raked in over one billion naira
The spokesperson for the Kaduna-based cleric, Ahmad Gumi, Tukur Mamu, who was alleged to have negotiated on behalf of the kidnapoers of the Abuja-Kaduna train victims, has been arrested in Egypt, Platforms Africa reports.
The negotiator was arrested and detained by Interpol at the Cairo International Airport while awaiting a connecting flight to Saudi Arabia.
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Mamu told PREMIUM TIMES that he was being flown back to Nigeria by Interpol after he was interrogated and nothing was found incriminating against him.
He was accompanied by his two wives and one other person.
He is expected to arrive at Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano Wednesday afternoon and may be interrogated further by officials of Nigerian secret police, Department of State Security (DSS).
