Tag: Ahmad Gumi

Abuja-Kaduna Train Hostage Negotiator Arrested In Egypt

Aliyu Aliyu

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. READ ALSO Nationwide Outage…

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Why CBN should pay N100m Greenfield Students’ Ransom to Bandits – Gumi

Aliyu Aliyu

  A popular cleric in Northern Nigeria, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has given reasons he asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to pay the N100 million demanded by bandits on kidnapped students of Greenfield University, Kaduna, Northwestern part of the country. Gumi had in a report by PUNCH urged the government not to take the threat by the kidnappers of students of Greenfield University, Kaduna lightly. He said the Central Bank of Nigeria should pay the N100m ransom being demanded by the kidnappers of the students. One of the bandits,…

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