The attackers of the Abuja- Kaduna train have released a video footage of some of the abducted passengers.
In the 1:21 minute video, four bandits dressed in military camouflage, were seen backing a destroyed military tank.
Sandwiched between the terrorists is the Managing Director of the Bank of Agriculture, Alwan Ali-Hassan, who was released earlier on Wednesday.
The BOI boss was abducted alongside dozens passengers when bandits bombed the Abuja-Kaduna train last week.
21st CENTURY CHRONICLE reported that the 28 March’s devastating attack on the Abuja to Kaduna passenger train, which resulted in the death of eight persons, injuries to a dozen more and the abduction of a yet unspecified number of people, was carried out by the terror group Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimeena Fi Biladissunah [JAMB], popularly known as Ansaru, a senior government official told this newspaper.
Only a day earlier, there had been a shocking attack on a taxiing aircraft at Kaduna Airport, which the sources are now attributing to Ansaru as well.
The methods of both attacks departed from the antics of the Northwestern bandits, who are essentially after money.
The attack on both train and airport appeared to be intended to score a point, embarrass government and security agencies, create panic in the general populace, and send a message to the elite who travel by air and rail that they too, are not safe.
Giving an update on Saturday, Managing Director of Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) Engr. Fidet Okhiria, has said 362 passengers boarded the ill-fated train, 170 were safe but 21 were still missing, but he was silent on the fate of the remaining 171.
“For the records, there were eleven (11) coaches on the train worked by Loco 2502, which is made up of four (4) SPA Coaches with 56 sitting capacity per coach and 7 SP Coaches with 88 sitting capacity per coach.”
