DSS Raids Mamu’s Kaduna Residence, Office 

By John Shiklam in Kaduna 

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have raided the Kaduna residence of Tukur Mamu, the Kaduna train hostage negotiator.  
The DSS operatives were said to have invaded his residence in Anguwan Dosa area of Kaduna in the early hours of Thursday.
Residents of the house said  laptops, documents and telephones  were taken away by the  DSS operatives after ransacking everywhere in the house.
His office, located at Anguwan Sarki area of Kaduna was also ransacked by the security operatives. 
Mamu who is  the publisher of Kaduna based Desert Herald newspaper and a media consultant to  Sheikh Ahmad Gumi,  an Islamic cleric , was the negotiator for the release of the  abducted passengers of the  March 28, Abuja – Kaduna train attack, although he later pulled out when he alleged that there were plans to blackmail him.
Millions of naira was said to have been paid  to the terrorists for the freedom of  39 of the 62 abducted passengers who were released in batches. 
Mamu, his two wives,  his elderst son and one of his inlaws were  on their way to Saudi Arabia for lesser hajj when he was arrested in  Cairo and detained for 24 hours before  he was repatriated  to Nigeria on Wednesday. 
The DSS had in a statement Wednesday,, said  Mamu’s arrest  “followed a request by Nigeria’s Military, Law Enforcement and Intelligence Community to their foreign partners to bring back Mamu to the country to answer critical questions on ongoing investigations relating to some security matters in parts of the country.”