Journey by train has in the last few years saved a lot of people from the hands of dreaded kidnappers on the Kaduna-Abuja Express Way.
But, the bandits who seem to have been overpowered by the security operatives on the road lately, have deviced new means of taking train passengers at the teminus.The terminus of the Abuja-Kaduna train is located in Rigasa, the western outskirt of Kaduna metropolis and a distance of about 12 kilometers from the city centre.
However, following intense security operations on the express way, kidnapping had drastically reduced in recent times, as the perpetrators of the crime appeared to have been given a hot chase by the operatives. The gunmen have apparently spotted a new haven on the road linking the train station with Mando-Airport road.
“It was around 9:00pm because the train arrived around few minutes to 9:00pm. And as usual, people pass through Rigasa road to Bakin Ruwa, but others depending on where they are going, pass through the airport road. We were here because I work here. Suddenly, we saw vehicles that had left the train station turning back and saying kidnappers were raiding.
“In fact, I would have been a victim. I come here to pick passengers by drop. So, that night, I got two passengers who said they were going to Mando, so because of what happened on Friday, I told them I will follow Rigasa road and they became angry that I would be taking them a longer route. “From what people who escaped told us, about four people were kidnapped and some people were injured again,” he said.
He also said that the kidnappers had demanded for N20 million ransom before they will release the remaining two victims. Meanwhile, a passenger, who arrived Kaduna around noon on Thursday on board the 10:00am train from Abuja, Mrs. Debby Maxwell, expressed fears that the kidnappers, who chased people from plying the road, are now waiting for them at the train station.
“So, if this attack is not curtailed, the bandits will one day dare the security and even invade the train station, just to send signals that even the train is not safe,” Mrs. Maxwell said.
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