By Ibraheem Hamza Muhammad, Abuja

The Negotiator between gunmen and the government for the release of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack victims, Mallam Tukur Mamu has disclosed that he informed the government about the planned attack on Kuje Prison by Boko Haram terrorists but government ignored him.

In a press release yesterday, Mallam Tukur Mamu, who is the Publisher of Desert Herald Newspaper said that the current security system in the country has collapsed.

“This is probably the last I will ever dable 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,” he said.

He also informed that abductors of the March Abuja-Kaduna train attack have issued fresh threat to start the slaughter of the remaining victims in their custody.

“This is also to confirm to Nigerians that after unnecessary delays and despite the milestone reached in efforts to secure the release of the remaining victims of Abuja-Kaduna train attack there was indeed a fresh threat by the abductors that they will start slaughter their victims on Tuesday, 5th July, 2022,” Mallam Tukur Mamu said.

He made available to this Reporter the audio record with the gunmen where he was crying after listening to their recorded message and pleading with them. Their renewed threat was as a result of Federal Government’s failure to convey to them a definite response regarding their two demands.

“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 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,” the Dan Iya of Fika Emirate said.

“For the records, they requested for the release of 51 of their members. But through power of dialogue and engagement I was able to singlehandedly scaled that number to only 10 and communicated with audio backing the development to the relevant authorities.

“There was unnecessary delay on giving them even a 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 have also succeeded in releasing doses of their members which would have been averted if action has been taken to give them only 10 and secure the release of the train victims,” the media consultant to Sheikh Ahmad Mahmud Gumi added.