BREAKING: 5 More Kidnapped Passengers From Kaduna-Bound Train Released – #Rufai—-Terrorists who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train have released five more hostages including a victim shot while in their custody, Mukhtar Shuaibu.
Among the freed passengers are Prof. Mustapha Umar Imam, a medical doctor at the Usman Dan Fodio University Teaching Hospital (UDUS), Sokoto.
Imam was shot in captivity, raising concerns about his safety.
Other passengers who were released are Akibu Lawal, Abubakar Ahmed Rufai, Muktar Shuaibu and Sidi Aminu Sharif.
Kaduna-based Publisher, Tukur Mamu, who voluntary engaged in negotiating the release of the victims but backed out due to threats to his life confirmed their release on Tuesday.
This brings the number of those released by the terrorists to 37, leaving 35 others in captivity.
