Six More Abducted Edo Train Passengers Rescued •Gunmen demanded N620m for abductees, says source •Bandits kill seven NSCDC officials in Kaduna Adibe Emenyonu in Benin City and John Shiklam
Adibe Emenyonu in Benin City and John Shiklam in Kaduna
He also said that the Minister of Transportation and the Nigeria Railway Corporation boss were at Igueben to assess the situation themselves. Nekhihare said those rescued were a 65-year-old man, a mother and her baby, two siblings and another person, adding that two more of the gunmen that attacked the train station have been arrested.
“The governor has provided the needed logistic supports of the various security agencies that are combing the bushes, small settlements, forests and everywhere around the place of the incident to smoke out the kidnappers. He said, “I can tell you that the kidnappers have demanded N20 million, totalling N620 million. This is absurd and I don’t know where poor people will be able to raise that amount of money.
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