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<\/div>\nTerrorists have released three victims of 62 hostages of the abducted Abuja-Kaduna train passengers on March 28.<\/p>\n
The victims, who consist of two males and a female, secured their freedom around 11 am on Monday.<\/p>\n
It was gathered that they were released by the terrorists at a location inside the forest along the Kaduna \u2013 Abuja highway. From there, they were picked up by their relatives.<\/p>\n
So far, 22 victims have regained their freedom.<\/p>\n
It is however not clear if any money was paid to the terrorists to release their abducted victims.<\/p>\n
With the release of the three victims, the number of those still in captivity now remains at 40.<\/p>\n
Gunmen had on March 28 blown up the rail track, killing some and abducting scores of passengers, a situation that called for serious concern about the safety of the nation\u2019s train.<\/p>\n
Worried about the situation, the Nigeria Railway Corporation temporarily suspended activities, with President Muhammadu Buhari directing security agencies to rescue the victims.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, the terrorists released a viral video where they were seen flogging their hostages. They also threatened to abduct President Buhari and Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai.<\/p>\n
The presidency reacted to the threat hours after, accusing the insurgents of using propaganda to compel the government to yield to their demands.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said security forces are not helpless in stemming the tide of insecurity confronting the country.<\/p>\n
As Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Shehu said President Muhammadu Buhari has been supporting security agencies by boosting their morale and providing the needed equipment.<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cThe Presidency, in the meantime wishes to reassure the public that the President has done all, and even more than what is expected of him as Commander-in-Chief by way of morale, material and equipment support to the military and expects nothing short of good results in the immediate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Terrorists have released three victims of 62 hostages of the abducted Abuja-Kaduna train passengers on March 28. The victims, who consist of two males and a female, secured their freedom around 11 am on Monday. It was gathered that they were released by the terrorists at a location inside the forest along the Kaduna \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1158838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3888],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1158836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1158836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1158836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1158836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1158836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}