…It’s not about Tukur Mamu, you all know that whenever they arrest innocent people, I always talk, not to talk of someone that I know and I’m only advising the government to release him…
Sheikh Ahmed Gumi has reacted to the arrest by the Department of Security Services, DSS, of the Desert Herald Publisher, Malam Tukur Mamu, the self appointed negotiator between the family of the abducted for ransom and the bandits, saying the security agency has acted contrary to the provisions of the law.
DAILY POST had earlier reported that Mamu who negotiated the release of Abuja-Kaduna train victims, was arrested on Tuesday at Cairo International Airport alongside his family flying for lesser Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
After he was repatriated on Wednesday, the DSS alerted the general public that Mamu was in their custody, stating that the he has questions to answer on the terrorism ravaging the nation.
Sheikh Gumi has demanded the immediate action from the DSS, asking the security agency to either release the suspect or expedite the process of charge him to court, Gumi made the request during a sermon at the Sultan Bello Mosque in Kaduna.
The outspoken cleric said the Nigerian constitution provided that anyone arrested over an alleged crime must be taken to court for trial within 24 hours.
Reacting to how the suspect was arrested and how his home was raided in Kaduna State, Gumi opined that intimidation from the secret police is also an act of terrorism.
He said, “Take him to court to face trial. Keeping him in custody despite being a family man was just to intimidate him.
“This intimidation is also terrorism. Arresting people unjustly is also terrorism; just like the terrorists do by going to somebody’s house to kidnap him.
“It’s not about Tukur Mamu, you all know that whenever they arrest innocent people, I always talk, not to talk of someone that I know and I’m only advising the government to release him so that we can apologize to him to forget what happened.