Kaduna-Abuja Train Attack: Terrorists Release Seven More Passengers
Category: Nigeria News
No fewer than seven hostages abducted from the Kaduna-Abuja train on March 28
have been released.
The seven hostages released by the terrorists
include a family of six and a woman.
Their release was confirmed to
journalists in Kaduna by Tukur Mamu, Publisher of Kaduna-based Desert Herald and
Media Consultant to a controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi.
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The
identities of the released family of six are Abubakar Idris Garba, his wife,
Maryam Abubakar Bobo, and their eldest son, Ibrahim Abubakar Garba, who’s 10
years old.
Others include Fatima Abubakar Garba (7), Imran Abubakar
Garba (5), and youngest Zainab Abubakar Garba, who is only one and half years
old.
Abubakar Idris Garba, a staff of the National Assembly Service
Commission, is the son of a former military administrator of Kano and Benue
states.
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Also released is a 60-year-old woman, one Hajia Aisha Hassan,
who was said to have been released due to life-threatening health challenges
that deteriorated recently.
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