Tag: Kaduna train attack

Kaduna: Bandits release picture of baby delivered by woman kidnapped in train attack

Aminu Imam

Bandit-terrorists responsible for the attack on the Abuja-Kaduna-bound train, yesterday, released a picture of a newborn baby that was delivered by a pregnant woman among the women that they abducted on March 28. The woman, who was reportedly eight months pregnant when she was kidnapped alongside others by the bandits, was reported to have given birth a few days ago in the den of the terrorists. Of the 63 abducted train passengers that are in captivity, only one passenger, the Managing Director of the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), Alwan Hassan,…

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Abuja-Kaduna Train Attack: “Photos of hostages ‘most disturbing”, Says Col. Umar

Aminu Imam

Former Military Governor of Kaduna State, Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (rtd), has described as disturbing, the pictures of hostages taken after the attack on Abuja-Kaduna-bound-train. Col. Umar, who is the Chairman, Movement for Unity and Progress, (MUP), in an issued statement yesterday, said that the pictures show the women and children in harrowing condition. He said, “Pictures of the hostages abducted in the 28 March Abuja- Kaduna train attack are trending in the social media. “The pictures, to say the least, are most disturbing, particularly as they show exhausted and…

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Terrorists release pictures of abducted Abuja-Kaduna bound train passengers

Aminu Imam

The terrorists who attacked an Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28, have released pictures showing some of the kidnapped passengers. One of the photographs of the victims shows mainly women and little children. Recall that the gunmen had ambushed the train heading for Kaduna from the nation’s capital city, Abuja, after bombing its rail track. At least eight passengers were killed in the incident, while 168 others were kidnapped or declared missing. A few days after the incident, the Managing Director of the Bank of Agriculture (BoA), Alwan Hassan, was released…

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Abuja-Kaduna train attack: El-Rufa’i approves N18m for 9 bereaved families

Aminu Imam

The Kaduna State government has approved the disbursement of N18 million to families of nine persons killed aboard the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train attacked by terrorists. The Executive Secretary of the Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency, (KADSEMA), Muhammed Mukaddas, disclosed this yesterday, in Kaduna. He said that the State governor, Nasir Ahmed el-Rufa’i, had on April 19 approved the disbursement of N2 million each to the families of the deceased in the Abuja-Kaduna train attack. Mukaddas said that the governor had equally approved the disbursement of N250, 000 each to 22…

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“Why we bombed Abuja-Kaduna train, kidnapped passengers — Terrorists

Aminu Imam

…Threaten more attacks A relation of one of the abducted passengers of the bombed Abuja-Kaduna-bound train has explained the bandits claimed they targeted Kaduna State to teach its governor, Nasir Ahmed el-Rufa’i, some lessons. Dr. Abdulkarim Attah, who is a relation of an 85-year-old woman that was abducted on the train, quoted the bandits as saying, “The State governor has been running his mouth and that was why they came to his doorstep”. He also quoted the bandits as saying that they would go further, adding that the bandits told…

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Train Attack: FG in dialogue with abductors of passengers – Lai Moh’d

Aminu Imam

…As families warn NRC against resumption of services The Federal Government has opened a channel of discussion with terrorists who abducted passengers on a Kaduna-Abuja-bound train in March, 2022. Recall that bandits attacked the train, killed eight persons and abducted scores. The bandits had threatened to kill all the victims if the Federal Government failed to negotiate with them. However, nine days after the attack, the terrorists released the MD of the Bank of Agriculture, Alwan Hassan, after an alleged N100 million ransom. Speaking with newsmen in Kaduna yesterday, relatives…

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Kaduna train attack: Families besiege NHRC, demand release of abducted victims

Aminu Imam

Family members of victims of the bombed Kaduna bound train on March 28 are currently gathered at the National Human Rights Commission Headquarters, Maitama, Abuja. Wearing forlorn looks, they are demanding immediate release of the 141 persons still in custody of the terrorists. It was gathered, at the time of filing this report, that rights activists will address a press conference where demands of the families would be made known. A manifest released by the Nigerian Railway Corporation, (NRC), revealed that a total of 362 passengers boarded the ill-fated train…

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Kaduna train attack: Victims’ relations appeal to FG to negotiate with kidnappers

Aminu Imam

Two weeks after terrorists attacked the Abuja-Kaduna bound train, relations of abducted passengers have appealed to the Federal Government to negotiate with the kidnappers to release their loved ones. Over 20 relations of the abductees, yesterday, gathered in Kaduna regarding the fate of the kidnapped victims. The leader of the group, name withheld, said the last communication they had with the kidnappers was that the kidnappers requested that Federal Government should talk to them and not the parents of the victims. Recall that it has been long weeks of torture…

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Kaduna Train Attack: “Negotiate with us or we kill those remaining in our custody” – Terrorists warn FG

Aminu Imam

Terrorists, suspected to be members of the Ansaru faction of Boko Haram, have released a video of the just-released Managing Director of the Bank of Agriculture,(BOA), Alwan Hassan, on Wednesday night. In the video, which was believed to have been recorded minutes before the MD was set free by the terrorists, the leader of the group was heard calling on the Federal Government to negotiate with them, even though he did not specifically say what they want from the FG. They said, “Government should hasten to meet us before we…

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Kaduna Train Attack: ‘Military, others know terrorists’ hideouts, know their plans, but refuse to bomb them’ – el-Rufa’i

Aminu Imam

…Says Kaduna is currently in a ‘State of War’ Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufa’i, has alleged that the military knew the location of the bandits wreaking havoc in the State, but was refusing to bomb their hideouts. The governor disclosed this yesterday, after a Kaduna-bound train was attacked by terrorists on Monday evening, with eight persons confirmed dead, 26 injured and some of the passengers also kidnapped. Gov. el-Rufa’i, who expressed sadness and frustration over the recent train attack, said with the amount of information and intelligence in the hands…

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