DSS drops charges against Tukur Mamu, terrorism negotiator

On Thursday, the Department of State Services abandoned a lawsuit it had filed in Federal High Court Abuja to keep former terrorists’ negotiator Tukur Mamu in custody for another 60 days following his detention.

A.M. Danlami, the DSS’s legal representative, informed Justice Nkeonye Maha shortly after the case was summoned for hearing.

According to The News Agency of Nigeria, the case marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1619/2022 between SSS and Tukur Mamu was added to the list of causes for the day and will now continue.

The case has been overtaken by circumstances, according to Danlami, who requested to abandon the lawsuit upon the restart of the hearing.

“My Lord, today is the scheduled hearing on this case.
However, current events have surpassed the issue.
We want to drop the lawsuit,” he said.

After receiving the application, Justice Maha dismissed the lawsuit.

“Use of the learner guidance is successful.
The application is hereby dismissed as withdrawn, she decided.

According to NAN, the security agency, acting via its attorney Ahmed Magaji, filed a request ex-parte on September 13 asking the court to order Mamu’s continued detention for 60 days in the interim while it completed its investigation.

The motion was dated and submitted on September 12 and was designated FHC/ABJ/CS/1617/2022.

It requested the court to approve its requests to allow it to wrap up its investigation into Mamu, who was in charge of negotiating the release of the passengers from the abducted train from Abuja to Kaduna in March.

Nearly six months after Boko Haram militants abducted passengers from an Abuja-Kaduna train, NAN reports that the remaining 23 abducted individuals were eventually released on October 5 as a result of Federal Government involvement.