After receiving the ‘beating of their lives’, five hostages who were taken on March 28 aboard an Abuja-Kaduna train have been freed by terrorists.
This comes 8 days after three passengers of the Kaduna-bound train regained freedom.
The security agencies and the Federal Government are yet to confirm the development, but a member of the negotiating team, Tukur Mamu told Channels Television that the victims were released on Tuesday, August 2nd.
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He gave the names of the five released hostages as Professor Mustapha Umar Imam, who is medical at Usman Dan Fodio University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Akibu Lawal, Abubakar Ahmed Rufai Mukthar Shu’aibu and Sidi Aminu Sharif.
Quest Times recalled that on a fateful Monday night in March, some gunmen suspected to be terrorists bombed the Abuja-Kaduna train between Katari and Rigina axis, leaving hundreds of passengers dead in the attack.
It was gathered that during the attack, many passengers were said to have been initially kidnapped, including Zamfara former deputy Governor, Mallam Ibrahim Wakkala Liman.
Others were shot dead and an uncertained number of the passengers also sustained various degrees of injury as a result of gunshots.