Abuja-Kaduna Train Attack: We’ll disrupt operations if NRC resumes operations – Abducted victims families

Relatives of the abducted persons in the Kaduna-Abuja train attack have warned the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) not to resume services on the Abuja-Kaduna route until their loved ones abducted by bandits are released.

The aggrieved relatives gave the warning during their daily meeting in Kaduna on Friday.

Chairman of the Concerned Relatives of Abducted Persons, Dr Abdulfatai Jimoh, said it is inhumane for the NRC to resume operations while the kidnapped victims are still languishing in the forest.

The angry relatives vowed to disrupt train services on the Abuja-Kaduna route if the victims are not rescued before the resumption of train services.

On Tuesday, the families had issued a 72-hour ultimatum to ensure the release of their loved ones.

Some of the family members claim they have spoken to the bandits. They claimed the bandits did not make any specific demands.

The bandits have released footages of the abducted persons who called for the government to help rescue them.

Some relatives of the abducted victims,  however, said the terrorists are making outrageous demands.

Abdulmalik Attah, who said he has his 85-year-old mother and sister in the custody of the bandits, claimed he has been in frequent touch with the bandits.

“I have spoken to the bandits,” he said. “I was one of the first guys that spoke with them. I’ve spoken with them 11 times. And asides me, I don’t think anybody has done that.

“In the first instance, they said they had their targets on that train, that it weren’t our parents and brothers and sisters that they aimed at, but that these were just necessary evil.

“They also said the Governor has been running his mouth, and that’s why they came to his doorstep. And that this is just the beginning, that they will go further than this”. He said.

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