Kaduna train abduction: 23 train victims still in captivity, day 186

Twenty-three of victims of the AK9 train attack are still in captivity 186 days after abduction.

Majority of the freed passengers paid a sum of N100 million ransom  facilitated by Kaduna-based Publisher, Tukur Mamu.

Mamu has since been arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) over his alleged connection with terrorists.

Daily Trust gathered that since Mamu’s arrest, the remaining train victims have not communicated with their family members.

Mohammed Sabiu Barau whose younger brother, a Corps member, is still in captivity told Daily Trust that they had left everything in God’s hand

According to him, as a family, they are always hoping to see the day he will be released and return home.

“We are in trauma every day but as Muslims, we are optimistic about the future. We are still praying for Allah’s intervention. Every day, we are hoping to see him return home but we have not heard from him for now.

“But what we heard recently was that the committee set up by the government to look at the situation is doing something about it so we are hoping for the best,” he said.

(Daily Trust)