After military items and foreign currency were found in the home of the embattled terrorists negotiator Tukur Mamu, his family spoke out.
Recall that since Mamu returned to the country after being detained by the Department of Security Services (DSS) in Egypt on Tuesday due to suspicions of ties to terrorist organisations?
The DSS stated that during the operation on Mamu’s Kaduna home and office, it found military equipment, money of various types and denominations, and other “incriminating materials.”
Mamu, who is currently in their custody together with his oldest son, Faisal, and his brother-in-law, Ibrahim Tinja, would be charged in court, according to DSS spokesperson Peter Afunanya.
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However, in response to the accusations, the family said in a statement released on Friday, September 09, 2022 that the military items that security personnel discovered in the home of the editor of the Desert Herald belonged to his nephew, an officer in the Nigerian Navy.
“the made-up and fictitious claims the Department of Security Services (DSS) manufactured in its desperate attempt to tarnish the publisher in order to trap him.”
According to the statement submitted by Ibrahim Mada, Special Operations and Production Manager at the newspaper, the DSS made general assertions without bothering to provide specifics despite the crucial national security issue that they claimed was the real motivation behind Mamu’s arrest.
It said, “We consider with exception this willful falsification of facts with the goal of altering narratives around Tukur Mamu.”
The department, according to the statement, “made allusions that military equipment and cash were found in Tukur Mamu’s home in an effort to manipulate public opinion against the publisher who has made heroic efforts to end the raging insecurity in the land.”
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“The public may wish to know that the military accoutrements found in the home of the publisher belongs to his nephew who is an officer of the Nigerian Navy. Tukur Mamu who played the role of a father, was responsible for the upkeep and school expenses of the nephew till he enrolled in the Nigerian Navy.”
“Again in its desperation to smear the name of Mamu, the DSS said it has found huge amount of hard currency without stating how much it found. It is incumbent for the general public to know that the total amount of the hard currency found in Mamu’s house if converted into naira is less that N1.5m, yet the DSS is trying to make the situation look bad by saying huge haul of hard currency was found in his house.”
“At this point it is pertinent to ask when does it become a crime for someone to within his income limit had foreign currency in his house? Or is it a crime for one to have a member of his family in the Nigerian Armed Forces?”
“The DSS is desperate to bring Mamu to justice for the sacrifices he is making to put an end to the widespread insecurity in the country, as seen by this misrepresentation of events and the media trial against him.
