Fresh reports reaching the deak of Africa Today News, New York has revealed that some of the terrorists who had attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train in March have finally released some of their captives which include a family of six and one other.
Some of the released captives had also included Abdubakar Idris Garba, Maryam Abubakar Bobo, and their eldest son, Ibrahim Abubakar Garba, who is aged 10 years old. Other captives have also been identified as Fatima Abubakar Garba (7), Imran Abubakar Garba (5), and youngest Zainab Abubakar Garba, who is only one and half years old.
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A 60-year-old woman, Hajia Aisha Hassan, had also released along with others.
Tukur Mamur, who is a Kaduna-based publisher had also revealed that the children and their parents had been released after the intervention of Sheik Ahmad Gumi.
He said disturbed by the gory videos images of four teenage children who had been belonging to same family he saw in the last video released by the attackers of the AK9 Train, Gumi for the first time since the abduction of the innocent passengers of that train over 4 months ago had also reached out to the abductors through his Media Consultant.
Mamur said he sent Allah’s messages to them and consistently pleaded with them to consider the release of the poor children and their innocent parents. He said it was learnt that the health condition of two of the teenage children has deteriorated since the flogging incident that affected their helpless father.
“A total of additional 7 hostages were therefore released on Wednesday. The husband of the four kids is a staff of the National Assembly Commission. There was no intervention from the Commission or NASS on his behalf since the travails begun.
“This is to confirm to the world that due to Sheikh Gumi’s efforts and with the support of a serving Senator from the North, (a God fearing personality that doesn’t have any relationship with the hostages) who chose to remain anonymous that all the family of six have regained their freedom on Wednesday morning.
“Also released is a 60 year old woman, one Hajia Aisha Hassan who was said to have been released due to life threatening health challenges that deteriorated recently,” he said.