The terrorists who attacked a Kaduna-bound train on 28 March have released a new video showing some of their kidnapped victims in a forest.
In the clip obtained by HumAngle, 10 armed terrorists could be seen standing behind their captives who are sitting on the ground in an open space.
A group of four women is standing right in front of the camera, one of which is a young student who identified herself as Lois John, a student of Kaduna State University.
“I’m talking on behalf of the students. Government should please come to our aid,” She said.
Another of the women, Gladys, an ex-staff of Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria said, “what happened on Monday (28 March) was needless if the government will have a listening ear and accede to what the populace are talking about…”
A video showing the victims of the Kaduna train attack, surrounded by their armed abductors in a vast forest area, begging the government for action.
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She didn’t complete her statement before the camera cut to four men, including the Managing Director at the Bank of Agriculture, Alwan Ali-Hassan.
This suggests the video was shot before his release on 6 April.
Early evidence suggests that ABJ-KD train attackers are Boko Haram. In this video, they released the MD of Bank of Agric because “he’s old and it’s Ramadan”. They said government should work to free the remaining victims quickly or they would “turn their abode into an abattoir”. pic.twitter.com/tH7LD86T32
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One of the men who identified himself as Adedeji said he was on his way to Kaduna for an eye treatment when the train was attacked.
Among the dozens of captives sitting on the ground are persons of Asian descent.
The train they were in was moving from Abuja to Kaduna when it came under attack in the evening.
Seven persons have now been confirmed dead, with about 170 others abducted.
The terrorists had earlier reached out to the government with a demand that neither side has made public.
It is believed they want to use their hostages to negotiate for the release of some of their fighters who are held in government detention centres.
