Abuja-Kaduna Train Attack: ‘Be ready to pay’ — Bandits tell kidnapped victims’ family

Terrorists who attacked Abuja-Kaduna train have established contact with family of victims they kidnapped.

About 8 passengers lost their lives in the attack on the train carrying 362 passengers.

Some kidnapped victims’ families members, who spoke to DAILY POST on Thursday, said they received phone calls on Wednesday evening, telling them not to panic over the disappearance of their loved ones, assuring them of their safety, but that they should be ready for their calls for ransom.

Musa Abilewa, a family member of one of the kidnapped victims, said the terrorists spoke with him, saying his brother is fine.

According to him, the bandits said he should be ready for ransom.

“I spoke with one of the bandits who said my brother was fine. He said I should be ready to pay for feeding my brother since he was kidnapped,” he said, sobering.

Another relative of a kidnapped victim, Mrs. Ngozi, who said he was discharged from the hospital in Kaduna on Thursday, said the only sister in the family was among those kidnapped.

According to him, “they called me while about to be discharged from hospital bed early morning on Wednesday. I spoke with my sister too, who said I should try all I could, to pay, if they demand for ransom.”

“Though I did not speak with my mother, my sister assured me she is fine,” he said.