The Ansaru terrorists that attacked and abducted passengers
of the Abuja- Kaduna bound train on March 28 are responsible for the deadly
Tuesday night Kuje Prison attack.
Mallam Tukur Mamu, Media Consultant to controversial Islamic
cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, stated this in Kaduna State on Wednesday.
Mamu in a statement on Wednesday said before the attack, he
shared intelligence reports with authority concerns but they allegedly failed
to act.
The statement was titled, ‘on fresh threat to start
slaughtering victims of train attack and Kuje prison invasion: how I shared
intelligence with authorities with no prompt action taken.’
Mamu, who is also the Publisher of a Kaduna-based Desert
Herald newspaper, insisted that he shared intelligence with security agencies
and a committee that was constituted by the nation’s Chief of Defence Staff,
Gen. Lucky Irabor.
According to him, without doubt, the Kuje Correctional
Centre attack was executed and coordinated by the same group that attacked the
Abuja-Kaduna bound train.
He said, “and even on the tendency and threat to attack
targets and other facilities of interest like the Kuje Correctional Centre
attacks, I have shared that intelligence with the security agencies and the
committee that was constituted by CDS Gen. Lucky Irabo.
“I can confirm without a doubt that the Kuje Correctional
Centre attack was executed and coordinated by the same group that attacked the
Abuja-Kaduna bound train because they gave indications of imminent attacks to
that effect which I shared.”
Mamu added that the terror group requested the release of 51
of its members but the request was scaled to 10 through power of negotiations.
“For the records, they requested for the release of 51 of
their members. But through the power of dialogue and engagement I was able to
singlehandedly scale that number to only 10 and communicated with audio backing
the development to the relevant authorities.
“There was an unnecessary delay on giving them even precise
feedback by the government and now they have not only succeeded in carrying out
another successful attack that indicts the nature of our intelligence and
capacity to respond promptly but has also succeeded in releasing dozens of
their members which would have been averted if the action has been taken to
give them only 10 and secure the release of the train victims.
“In all this risky, painful and frustrating engagement which
government is yet to acknowledge and appreciate, I have more than 100
documented audios that I shared with the relevant authorities. For the purpose
of this important press release and to authenticate my claims, I will also
share four of the latest audios.”
On the train hostages, he said after the successful mission
that led to the release of 11 out of the 61 in captivity, he made up his mind
to disengage from the negotiation in which the government never appreciated.
“I was instructed on humanitarian grounds by my principal, Sheikh
Dr. Ahmad Abubakar Mahmud Gumi, to exercise patience and continue.”
He added, “This is probably the last I will ever dabble on
the above subject matter because of the frustrations and failure of relevant
official stakeholders to take prompt and painful decisions, in the interest of
the citizens of a nation that have been consumed by insecurity and avoidable
attacks.
“With all the billions in budgetary allocations on security,
with instances of few becoming billionaires at the expense of innocent lives,
we must accept the fact that the current system has collapsed.”
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