The Federal Government through the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) has arraigned a former t£rrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu, on 10 counts bordering on t£rrorism financing, especially on the recent Abuja-Kaduna train att@ck.
Mamu was arraigned before Justice Inyang Ekwo on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. He, however, pleaded not guilty to all the counts and denied having allegiance to the t£rrorists.
He was arrested on September 6, 2022, on his way to Saudi Arabia for Lesser Hajj and was detained at Cairo International Airport before being repatriated to Nigeria.
He is alleged to have received $120,000 as ransom payments on behalf of the Boko Haram t£rrorist group. The monies were said to have been received from families of ho§tages kidn@pped during the Abuja-Kaduna train att@ck.
He was also accused of exchanging voice note communications relating to the ho§tages with one Baba Adamu, a Boko Haram spokesperson.
The federal government also tagged the $300,000 found in Mamu’s possession after his arrest as t£rrorist funds.
Mamu, an aide to Ahmad Gumi, a popular Islamic cleric, was involved in negotiations for the release of the passengers abd¥cted during the att@ck on a Kaduna-bound train in March 2022.
After taking arguments for and against the bail request, Justice Ekwo reserved ruling till a date that would be communicated to the parties.
The Judge ordered that he remains in the custody of the DSS pending the ruling on the bail application.
