Kaduna-based Desert Herald newspaper publisher Tukur Mamu’s quick transition from hostage negotiator to state security detainee was not very difficult for keen observers to foresee. Since February this year, when terrorists stormed an Abuja-Kaduna bound train and made away with dozens of hostages, Mamu has been in the daily spotlight as the man trusted by the terrorists to conduct negotiations between them, government and the families of hostages. While Ansaru hostage takers trusted Mamu, it was evident from the beginning that government had no faith in him as an honest…
Mamu: From negotiator to suspect BY MAHMUD JEGA
