A Federal High Court in Abuja declined bail for Tukur Mamu, who faces charges for terrorism financing, because he did not rebut the claims of the Department of State Services (DSS) and the nature of the charges made it inappropriate to grant bail.
The court noted that Mamu failed to respond to the counter-affidavit filed by the DSS, which cited reasons for why he was a flight risk and that the court should not grant him bail.
The Federal High Court in Abuja rejected Mamu’s bail application, citing the un-rebutted claims from the DSS in its counter-affidavit.
These claims included concerns that Mamu posed a flight risk due to the seriousness of the charges against him.
Mamu was charged with terrorism financing, among other offenses, related to his alleged role as a negotiator for terrorists involved in the Abuja-Kaduna train attack.
He was accused of collecting money on behalf of Boko Haram from the families of the train attack victims.
A previous bail application based on ill-health was also rejected because the grounds were not considered cogent enough.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
