Court sets Jan. 27 for judgment in trial of alleged terrorist negotiator Mamu

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
ABUJA – Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed January 27 to deliver judgment in the charges the Federal Government filed against the alleged Abuja-Kaduna train kidnapping negotiator, Mr. Tukur Mamu.
Security operatives arrested the defendant in Cairo, Egypt, on September 6, 2022, shortly after the Kaduna-bound train was attacked, while he was on his way to Saudi Arabia for the lesser Hajj with his family members.
He was subsequently arraigned before the court on March 21, 2023, on terrorism-related charges and for alleged illegal possession of a firearm.
The Kaduna-based Islamic scholar was alleged to have collected various sums o...