Six people have been rescued from among the 32 passengers abducted from Igueben train station, in Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State. The state government announced the development in a statement on Monday. The rescued victims were identified as a 65-year-old man, a nursing mother with her baby, a six-year-old girl, and two siblings aged two and five years old, respectively. The victims were waiting to board a train to Warri in Delta State when they were abducted on Saturday afternoon by gunmen suspected to be terrorists.
January 9, 2023Six people have been rescued from among the 32 passengers abducted from Igueben train station, in Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State.The rescued victims were identified as a 65-year-old man, a nursing mother with her baby, a six-year-old girl, and two siblings aged two and five years old, respectively.
The victims were waiting to board a train to Warri in Delta State when they were abducted on Saturday afternoon by gunmen suspected to be terrorists. The victims were said to be rescued by a combined team of security agents including the local vigilantes and hunters. The incident occurred almost one year after an Abuja-Kaduna train was attacked on March 28, 2022, resulting in the death of about 14 passengers.
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