Lead negotiator between bandits and families of the passengers kidnapped from a Kaduna-bound train in March, Alhaji Tukur Mamu, has been arrested in Cairo, capital of Egypt, alongside family members.
According to Daily Trust, Mumu was arrested on the order of the Federal Government of Nigeria.
He was reportedly on his to Saudi Arabia for lesser Hajj, when he was detained at the Cairo International Airport for 24 hours.
It was learnt that he is being repatriated back to Nigeria.
Mumu told the newspaper that he left Nigeria Tuesday and after being investigated by the Egyptian security agencies, nothing incriminating was found in his possession.
He insinuated a plan by the Nigerian government to detain him in another country just as was done to the self-acclaimed Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Igboho, but that could not happen because the Egyptian government found that his papers were genuine.
Recall that Mumu recently announced a pull-out from the negotiation with bandits after alleging threats to his life and attempted blackmail by the Federal Governent.
Though the government is yet to react to Mamu’s claim, there are some Nigerians alleging that Mumu is conniving with the terrorists, an allegation he has constantly refuted.
Mumu is the Media consultant to Sheikh Gumi, a popular Islamic cleric known for cautioning the government on its approach in handling terrorists.