We will occupy govt facilities- Families of remaining 51 Abuja-Kaduna train attack victims’ vows
Severely, the bandits had threatened to kill the victims if the
government did not respond to their demands.
Few days ago, one of the victims was shot, sending a signal to the
government that killing them was not difficult.
Following this, families and friends of the remaining victims, in
a statement by their spokesperson, Dr Abdulaziz Atta expressed fear of losing
their family members, especially with reports of snake bites and gunshot injury
the captives were said to have suffered.
Atta, whose aged mother and sister are in captivity, said they
were worried about the state of health of the captives.
According to him, “as it stands, there are no antibiotics, nobody
to remove the bullets from his body, just imagine the current situation he will
be in the bush”.
He said although the government was responding positively, as 11
of their loved ones have been released, it should hasten the release of all
other abducted victims.
The statement, while appealing to agents of government involved in
the negotiation to speed up the process, reminded them that, “we have kids as
you have heard earlier on as young as three years old and from the feedback we
had, these kids are unattended to. We have women injured, we have aged women
and men, those people should be brought out.”
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