The banditry group responsible for the Monday attack on an Abuja-Kaduna train, have given update on the abducted passengers.
According to Daily Post, the attackers on Wednesday contacted victims’ relatives, assuring them of the safety of their loved ones.
The bandits also reportedly told the kidnapped victims’ families members to be ready for their calls for ransom.
Musa Abilewa, a family member of one of the kidnapped victims, said the terrorists spoke with him, saying his brother is fine.
According to him, the bandits said he should be ready for ransom.
“I spoke with one of the bandits who said my brother was fine. He said I should be ready to pay for feeding my brother since he was kidnapped,” Daily Post quoted him as saying.
Another relative of a kidnapped victim, Mrs. Ngozi, who said he was discharged from the hospital in Kaduna on Thursday, said the only sister in the family was among those kidnapped.
According to him, “they called me while about to be discharged from hospital bed early morning on Wednesday. I spoke with my sister too, who said I should try all I could, to pay, if they demand for ransom.”
“Though I did not speak with my mother, my sister assured me she is fine,” he said.
Another family member, Yahaya Abdul also said the bandits called him and told him his brother was fine and that he should expect their call for ransom.
