Abductors release 23 remaining passengers on Abuja-Kaduna train

TERRORISTS who abducted passengers on the Abuja-Kaduna train have freed the remaining 23 hostages in their custody.

The minister of Transportation Mu’azu Sambo announced this today on his Twitter handle.

The release followed months of public outcry against the attack, and the government’s seeming ineptness in rescuing the victims.

Terrorists bombed the train on March 28 and killed an undisclosed number of its passengers before whisking dozens of others into an unknown destination.

While the government worked to rescue the hostages, it suspended the train services, which it took loans to build.

The terrorists had released a few of the abductees in batches in the past months, with reports claiming each released abductee paid as much as N100 million in ransom.

It is unclear if the government paid a ransom to secure the victims’ release today.

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