Mallam Garba Shehu who is the Senior Special Assistant to the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity has finally opened up and reiterated his earlier statements that anyone who is of the opinion that the Nigerian government is being lackadasical about the release of the captured Kaduna-Abuja train victims is completely unaware of efforts the government is making.
After the massive attack which had been carried out on the Kaduna-Abuja train on March 15, 2022, the bandits involved had had demanded for the release of their comrades in various detention centres across the country before freeing the victims.
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But, while he had been speaking on Friday, during an interview with BBC Hausa service, Shehu had noted that the government has done all that the bandits leader and his foot soldiers demanded, for them to release all the victims, but still hold on to them.
According to him, the terrorists’ leader demanded the release of his wife, newly-born twins and seven other children who were in prison custody, noting that the government complied with the demand so the abducted victims could be released.
He said initially, ‘the gang leader demanded the release of his pregnant wife who was in jail. The government had taken her to a hospital where she had given birth to some twins and informed him that his wife and the twins are in good health and later all three were freed.’
According to him, ‘the bandits’ leader refused to free the victims, but he gave a fresh demand of releasing 6 or 7 of his children from prison, adding that not only did the government release them from jail, but, sent a plane to fly them from Adamawa, where they were detained, and delivered them to the terrorists.’
He said after all the sacrifices, the bandits’ leader refused to release the victims, instead, they asked for money, so you can not say the government is doing nothing