An investigator with the State Security Service (SSS), on Tuesday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that Tukur Mamu was offered a N50 million share by Shugaba, leader of the terrorist group, who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna bound train in 2022.
The SSS operative, who testified as sixth prosecution witness in the ongoing terrorism trial of Mr Mamu, the alleged terrorists’ negotiator, told trial judge Mohammed Umar while being led in evidence by prosecution lawyer David Kaswe.
The witness, who gave his testimony behind a shield for security reasons, said the group also asked Mr Mamu to teach them how to open a website for their terrorist activities.
He stated this while interpreting four voice notes played in the courtroom containing the defendant’s telephone interactions with the terrorists who held the abducted train passengers hostage.
The audio recordings were extracted from Mr Mamu’s mobile telephones during interrogation after he was arrested in Egypt and brought back to Nigeria.
“The first voice note that played was for the defendant (Mr Mamu) fixing a date for delivery of ransom.
“The second voice note that played for five minutes was the voice of Shugaba, the leader of the terrorist group.
“In the voice note, he was appreciating the defendant’s effort and asked him to remove N50 mill
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