Abuja-Kaduna train attack: Released pregnant lady insists FG must negotiate with the bandits
A pregnant woman who was released by bandits who attacked and abducted passengers of Abuja-Kaduna train some hours ago insisted the Federal Government should negotiate with the terrorists.
The passengers were abducted on March 28 after their Abuja-Kaduna train was attacked by the bandits who planted explosives in the train track.
A member of the Concerned Relatives of Abducted Persons, Sani Musa confirmed the development on Sunday.
The pregnant woman, Thamina Mahmood, was said to have been released on compassionate ground on Saturday afternoon after she and 61 others had spent 45 days in captivity.
Shortly after her release, the freed lady was seen in a viral video, where she appealed to the Federal Government to negotiate with the terrorists.
According to her, the appeal has become necessary because of the uncertainty surrounding the plight of other kidnap victims who are still in the custody of the terrorists inside the forest.
She also said that the terrorists took care of them including feeding and their medical needs while in captivity, however, she noted that such treatment cannot be qualified with the comfort they would have enjoyed if they were in their various homes.
The release of the woman brings to two, the total number of the hostages that have been released so far by the terrorists, the first, being the Managing Director of the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), Alwan Hassan who allegedly secured his freedom after paying a ransom of N100million.