No ransom was paid for Abuja-Kaduna train victims’ release – FG

The Federal Government has said that no kobo was paid for the release of the remaining 23 kidn@pped passengers earlier abd#cted on the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train att@ck of March 28, 2022.

The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, disclosed this while addressing newsmen on Friday, October 7, in Abuja.

He said the victims, who regained their freedom on Wednesday, October 5, after almost six months in captivity, have been reunited with their families after proper medical check up and examination.

The Minister, who expressed happiness with the release of the victims, explained that the target of the government was to get the victims out safely without the payment of ransom.

According to him, “In matters that involve national security and intelligence, it is not appropriate to review exactly what measures has been taken in order to secure release of hostages of this nature.

It is the position of this government that under no circumstances should there be collateral dam@ge. Secondly, there is a committee made up of some retired generals and some retired public officers of high ranking and status who assisted the military and security agencies throughout the process of securing the release of this hostages.

I want to state categorically, that because this government does not support and approve of ransom payment, no kobo was paid in exchange for the release of this 23 hostages, indeed for the other ones as well.”