August 13, (THEWILL) – The Presidency has said terrorists who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna Train on March 28, 2022, reneged on negotiations to release abducted Passengers.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, who disclosed this during an interview with the BBC Hausa on Friday, said the terrorists had frustrated all efforts of the Federal Government to rescue the remaining abductees.
Shehu, who apparently was defending accusations that the Federal Government had abandoned the abducted train passengers, said, nobody could say that it was “not doing anything” to secure their release.
He explained that the leader of the abductors, had requested the release of his wife and some of his boys held in Yola, Adamawa state, but failed to release the hostages after the Gorvernment met his demands.
He said, “Anyone who says that the government is not doing anything or has not done anything does not know what contributions we are making to fight for their freedom.
“Don’t forget since this thing happened, the leader of the abductors said his concern was to get his pregnant wife out of the security mess she was in.
“Nigerian government took her to the hospital, she delivered twins and he was shown his twins’ health alongside his wife and was handed over to his parents thinking that the government had done a well-done job.
“After this, they brought a new request that there are about six to seven of his boys in Yola with the hope that if they were released, they will free all abductors in their custody.
“The outcome was that they said they needed money. So, nobody should say that the government is not doing anything,”
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