This is the second time the bandits would be releasing hostages. They had earlier released the Managing Director of the Bank of Agriculture.

By Mohammed Babangida


The gunmen who attacked a Kaduna-bound train in March have released one of the passengers they abducted on what they claim was compassionate ground.

Daily Nigerian newspaper is reporting that the woman, whose name was not given, was released because she is pregnant.

She is one of the two pregnant women abducted by the bandits, as the gunmen are referred to locally. The other pregnant woman gave birth to a child in captivity.

The bandits had on March 28 attacked the train around the Katari and Rijana axis of Kaduna. They killed at least nine people, wounded several others and abducted several others.

They later released the Managing Director of the Bank of Agriculture, Alwan Hassan, after the payment of a ransom. The bandits, however, said he was released on compassionate grounds too.


Released captive

In two-minute video footage, the released pregnant passenger said the bandits treated them with respect in captivity.

She said they were provided with food and medication.

The freed passenger also confirmed that the other pregnant woman gave birth to a child.

“Peace be on to you all. I’m among the Kaduna train passengers abducted by bandits on the 28 of March. They took us into the bush without stating their reasons but we thank God because they didn’t maltreat us and they fed us well. We conducted our fasting and if you’re sick they give you medication.

“They look at our conditions, especially like me whose continued staying there may pose danger to our health, especially considering my pregnancy has reached an advanced stage that’s why they decided to release me on compassionate ground.


Photos of the captives

“I call on government to consider the plights of the people (passengers) left in the bush with the bandits. They (government) should sit with them (bandits) and listen to their demands so that they could understand each other even for the sake of those still in captivity so they will be released,” she said.

Although the bandits that attacked the train have not clearly stated what they want, observers including an academic who has studied their activities say they want a prisoner exchange with the government.

A social historian and lecturer at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Murtala Ahmed-Rufai, said the demands are known to the federal government, the Kaduna State Government and security agencies.

He said that based on his investigations, the attack was orchestrated by the duo of Dogo Gide and Ali Kawajo, two notorious bandit leaders believed to have ties with two terror groups: Ansaru and Boko Haram.

“Dogo Gide is known for making demands whenever he abducts people with relations to government. These requests are always the same. He and Kawajo have some commanders that were captured at different times and places by security agents. Even when he abducted the FGC Yauri students, he didn’t demand money but prisoner swap,” he told PREMIUM TIMES.

The federal government has, however, not given in to the demands of the bandits but has repeatedly said it is working to ensure freedom for the captives.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/529933-train-attack-bandits-release-pregnant-woman-on-compassionate-ground.html

Those still calling them bandits are one of the problems we have in this country.

They are fucking Islamic terrorists!!

Pls, why won't they name the released pregnant woman? And where she is from?
One pregnant lady gave birth the other time which they used as motivation to hasten the payment of the ransom but they are releasing this one!
Nice one
ThankGod for her

why can't they release everyone in captivity on compassionate grounds

Bandits and compassion hmm, the two words can't go together

Wow
What a bunch of humanitarian bandits.

Banditry coin loading soon, the sector is really booming. Very soon I see them recruiting medical doctors with 7digit pay

And no one knows there location abi

Failed country

Released the Woman on Compassionate Ground If they were really compassionate, they won't kidnap a pregnant woman in the first place.

So on what Ground did they kill Chinelo

Which makes me to wonder if they Would've showed her same Compassion if she was pregnant

Ok. Compassionate terrorists

Just imagine say na nyamiri ipob, them for rape and cut her neck.

They can’t marry her off to one of them
They can’t F** her
There is nobody to pay for her release

No be only compassionate

hmmm .



Anyway, Agriculture is life.

Thank Jesus


Imagine, what's the population of bandits ...

Ordanry fighter jet Operations will clear all this within a week

Humanity first.

That's so nice of them

Religion of peace my ass. They're all potential terrorist.

buhari islamic brothers

Buhari is a terrorist

Can you imagine this see finished

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May God never give us a terrorist like buharia ever again in this country..the death of Deborah have exposed to me whom Muslims worship. I can never believe again that God of Christians is same with Muslims. John 10:10 jesus said that the devil come to steal, kill and destroy..there is no way any religion that comes from God the creator of the universe and humanity will support killing of human beings for whatever reason..in the old testament moses gave them laws to kill because no prophet can fully understand the ways of God ..for that reason God himself came into the earth in the person of jesus christ to show humanity the will of God ..when the woman caught in adultery was brought to jesus and was about to be stoned according tothelaw of prophet moses ,jesus said anyone of you who have not sinned should cast the first stone ,they left the woman...meaning that God value human life above anything else ...but Satan desires the death of sinners, so that he can torment them in hell fire and he is spirit of murder, anyone who kills is directly under the power of Satan

hmmm