Tukur Mamu betrayed FG committee on train attack negotiations – DSS investigator

A Department of State Services (DSS) researcher told the Federal High Court successful Abuja that Mr. Tukur Mamu was progressive successful the case. betrayed the committee acceptable up by the Federal Government to negociate the merchandise of the Abuja-Kaduna bid onslaught hostages successful 2022.

The DSS operative, who testified arsenic the 6th prosecution witnesser (PW-6) successful the ongoing coercion proceedings of Mamu, the alleged terrorists’ negotiator, told Justice Mohammed Umar, portion being led successful grounds by the DSS lawyer, David Kaswe.

The witness, who gave his grounds down a witnesser surface for information reasons, identified Mamu.

“I americium a nationalist servant. I person been with the DSS for 15 years.

“Currently, I enactment successful the probe department, and I person been moving determination for astir 10 years arsenic an investigator.

“In 2022, connected March 28 to beryllium precise, the Kaduna-bound bid was attacked en way to Kaduna.

“Several persons were killed and others were injured, and implicit 60 radical were taken into the bush arsenic hostages.

“Thereafter, a committee which was already successful existence, handling akin cases of abduction, with authorities support, was mandated to besides research measures for the merchandise of the hostages.

“The committee was supervised by past Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor (rtd.).

“The committee established connection with the terrorists connected the anticipation of securing the merchandise of the kidnapped hostages.

“And the terrorists made immoderate demands which see the merchandise of members of their families who were successful custody of authorities detention facilities successful speech for the merchandise of the hostages,” helium said.

The witnesser said that portion that was going on, the terrorists consulted with immoderate of the hostages successful their custody and recommended names of persons whom they felt could negociate connected their behalf with the government.

“Names were suggested, and the suggested names were forwarded to the radical suggested, seeking their willingness to judge successful the dialog connected behalf of the violent group.

“All those that were contacted declined to instrumentality the connection but the defendant, who offered himself to negociate connected behalf of the violent radical with the government.

“Thereafter, arsenic earlier stated, a model of connection was already established betwixt the authorities recognised committee and the terrorists.

“So erstwhile the suspect came onboard, connection was taken spot connected aggregate fronts astatine the aforesaid time, that is isolated from the committee.”

According to him, aft immoderate time, the suspect (Mamu) expressed his dissatisfaction with the arrangement, which progressive connection connected aggregate fronts.

“The defendant, having been accepted to negociate connected their behalf with government, suggested oregon advised the terrorists to name a azygous interlocutor oregon negotiator.”

The PW-6 said Mamu past became the lone negotiator betwixt the panic radical and the authorities committee.

“So erstwhile the suspect emerged arsenic the sole interlocutor betwixt the violent radical and government, attempts by the committee members to scope retired to the terrorists became a challenge, due to the fact that they bash not privation to scope retired to the committee anymore but done the defendant.

“Subsequently successful bid to proceed with the government’s assignment, the committee present continues to recognise the defendant,” helium said.

When the lawyer asked the witnesser to archer the tribunal astatine what constituent Mamu became a taxable of arrest, helium said: “So the committee decided to enactment with the suspect for the merchandise of the hostages since helium had go the sole negotiator.

“Based connected the statement connected prisoners’ swap, it was agreed that the women, the children and the sick should beryllium prioritised successful the prisoners’ swap.”

According to him, the statement was that from the quality disposable to the committee, it was estimated that astir 30 oregon 32 hostages were to beryllium released for astir 8 members of the families of the terrorists.

“So, being the spokesperson betwixt the terrorists and the authorities side, the suspect astir apt communicated a antithetic happening to the terrorists due to the fact that connected the scheduled day, the committee mobilised vehicles to convey astir 30 to 32 hostages, but connected reaching there, lone 11 hostages were brought out.

“The committee felt betrayed and felt that the suspect undermined th...