Train attack: Negotiations stalled, FG rejects terrorists’ demand for commanders’ release

There are indications that negotiations between the Federal Government and terrorists, who attacked the Kaduna-Abuja train on March 28, have stalled following the refusal of the government to accede to their demands.

The terrorists are keeping about 100 passengers, who were abducted from the train, which derailed at Katari, Kaduna, after it was bombed.

Eight persons were killed and 26 others injured when gunmen attacked the train and kidnapped the victims.

The Nigerian Railway Corporation said it was unable to establish contact with 163 of the passengers and seven crew members, who boarded the train.

It was gathered that the demand by the attackers for the release of 16 of their commanders and sponsors in custody in exchange for the abducted victims was not acceptable to the government.

Security sources said the authorities were still negotiating with the terrorists, while exploring other options to rescue the abductees, who were seen in a viral video sitting under a tree at an unknown location, believed to be the bandits’ camp.

Our correspondent gathered on Friday that the government was also not ready to pay ransom on the abductees.

A source said, “The Federal Government is looking into their demands because of the hostages, but the government is being cautious; it cannot meet the demands of the terrorists. The last time the government released some commanders, they went back and the insurgency became worse.

“So, nobody is considering releasing the commanders. The terrorists were also given money previously and the situation did not improve.”

Following the lack of progress in the negotiations, it was learnt that the terrorists might start asking the families of the hostages for ransom.

Some of the family members had protested the abduction of their loved ones and also complained that the terrorists had not contacted them since the victims were held captive over two weeks ago.

Meanwhile, the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered intensive security patrols of all public spaces and critical national assets ahead of Easter.

He directed all state Commissioners of Police and their supervising Assistant Inspectors-General of Police to ensure adequate deployment of personnel and operational assets in areas of security interest in their respective areas of responsibility.

The acting force spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, disclosed in a statement that the IG also instructed the supervising officers to ensure that “confidence-boosting, proactive and high visibility patrols” were carried out on the highways, motor parks, train stations, airports, worship centres, recreation centres, banks and other financial institutions, while taking adequate measures to provide a peaceful, crime-free, and enabling environment for religious, cultural and other socio-economic activities to thrive.

“In addition, the commissioners of police and their supervising AIGs have been directed to ensure proper supervision of the men assigned for these assignments. They must be professional and courteous to law-abiding citizens, but firm and ruthless with criminal elements, who might want to take advantage of the festive period to perpetrate their unholy acts,” the statement added.

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Lalasticlala

What’s the next step now or FG will sacrifice those abducted as they used to...

This FG na mumu sha.. how are they communicating with the bandits? Mobile phones, spokesman or letters... as long as its digital communication, it can be traced... this bandits and their government sponsors think they playing us...

I pity the families in this. The government has failed them

North no fit deceived us again. Na bubu be de only commander we know

Nothing like bandit, they are the same as Boko Haram.

I will pyte insecurity when elected... See what we're getting from an army general after 7 good years in office....
I now ask again.....what the bleep was he doing as a general when he was still in service.? Such a disappointment.......even negotiating with terrorist....na wa oh

Imagine. A whole government is negotiating with terrorists and for some reason they can't physically locate them. Failed nation!

The United States of Nigeria does not negotiate with terrorist
Well except if the abductees are families of our politicians then we can consider negotiating

Smh for the abductees. Poor unfortunate souls, especially the females amongst them, they will be married off and impregnated. Must have been abusing them by now due to a failed system, policy & government. May the protection of God be with us all. As for the abductees.... May God intervene on their behalf.

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Let him just release his cousins so that innocent people will gain their freedom.

Yéyé. How does it sound negotiating with terrorists?

What is the moral of this sh*t? To encourage others to engage in terrorism?

Typical Chain process in a mafia country

Next our minister of terrorism Gumi will give us reasons why the commanders should be released.... Next they will be released, paid handsomely and drafted into the military...then sent to the east to eliminate igbos.

Very predictable.

Dem no get NIN to get them abi

They ones wey don release or which ones
Make Una stop dey use local man head oo
Local man don wise up

Thunder fire all of them there, nonsense FG and BANDITS

Now imagine if this happened in SE & IPOB held over 100 people hostage & demanded for MNK's release...

By now the entire area would have been leveled with no living thing spared in the vicinity, including ants & grasses.
I'm outta here...

What’s this initial gragra for, we know the Buhari FG derives pleasure in releasing terrorists.

They just want to show off, las las the commanders will be released and given some millions of dollars before the hostages will be set free

Commanders you should have killed before now but you kept them.
You should have known b4 now how these terrorists operates and up your game.

What is the essence of NIN registration and sim blockage, if the terrorist cannot be traced and located at a point when unregistered sim is blocked then i dont see reasons for all this government gragra.....

This government are useless, they are not interested in fighting terrorism because many of them are involved one way or the other, especially the northern elders.

THE MONSTER THEY CREATED HAS COME BACK TO HUNT THEM.

Unintelligent people thinking Nigerians are as dumb as they are

Bandits negotiating with FG, height of insecurity. These bandits now operate with impunity, there is what we don't know going on as Nigerians, I still think some prominent elements are aware and have a hand in what's happening. Only God knows, the whole truth, of who is deceiving who in this country.

Bullet01:
Yéyé. How does it sound negotiating with terrorists?

What is the moral of this sh*t? To encourage others to engage in terrorism?

If it was your relative in their hold, you would not have a problem with negotatiating.

Your govt has failed horribly.


The best we can do now is to negotiate and salvage the lives of those people.

They don't deserve to pay the price for a useless Govt.

Fooling themselves and their zombies as Usual.

And Osunbande wants to continue where "it Stopped"

RIP to the dead.

So the useless FG couldn't grant these bandits,presidential or rather Buharidential pardon and amnesty. This one has caught them by the scrotum,lol.
By the way,the minister of bandit affairs, Gumi is no longer advocating again, ever since fire from Heaven gutted his house.

What about the phone number use in calling the FG, while not use the same phone number to track them down to their location.