April 06, (THEWILL) – The Managing Director of the Bank of Agriculture (BoA), Alwan Ali-Hassan, has regained freedom from the terrorists, who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train.
Hassan was among many passengers whose family declared missing after the incident.
His family had said Hassan’s line has been switched off since after the attack on Monday evening, with no one able to reach him.
However, a source close to his family said that the BoA boss regained freedom on Wednesday, after negotiations with his abductors.
Reports had said that Ali-Hassan boarded the evening train going to Kaduna with one of his nieces. It is not clear if the niece was also released.
The terrorists had bombed the rail track of the Kaduna-bound bound train on March 28, and abducted almost half of the passengers, leaving nine passengers dead with several orders wounded.
After the attack, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) said about 182 passengers have safely reunited with their families, while 162 other passengers were either abducted by the gunmen or missing in the forest.
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