Terrorists release pregnant woman among Kaduna-Abuja train captives

Terrorists who kindpapped scores of passengers on a Kaduna-Abuja bound train have released one of their victims on compassionate grounds.

Daily Nigerian newspaper reports that the woman, whose name was not given, was released because she is pregnant.

She is one of the two pregnant women on the train at the time of their abduction.

The other was said to have been delivered of her baby.

In two-minute video footage, the released pregnant passenger said the bandits treated them with respect in captivity.

She said they were provided with food and medication.

The freed passenger also confirmed that the other pregnant woman gave birth to a child.

“Peace be on to you all. I’m among the Kaduna train passengers abducted by bandits on the 28 of March.

They took us into the bush without stating their reasons but we thank God because they didn’t maltreat us and they fed us well. We conducted our fasting and if you’re sick they give you medication.

They look at our conditions, especially like me whose continued staying there may pose danger to our health, especially considering my pregnancy has reached an advanced stage that’s why they decided to release me on compassionate ground.

“I call on government to consider the plights of the people (passengers) left in the bush with the bandits.

They (government) should sit with them (bandits) and listen to their demands so that they could understand each other even for the sake of those still in captivity so they will be released,” she said.

She is the second person the terrorists have released on compassion.

The first was the Managing Director of the Bank of Agriculture, Alwan Hassan, after the payment of a ransom.

The terrorists, commonly called bandits, attacked the train on March 28 around the Katari and Rijana axis of Kaduna.

They killed at least nine people, wounded several others and abducted several others.

The incident halted the busy Abuja-Kaduna train service, but the Nigerian Railway Servicein a release on May 5 said it was resume operations