Unless the Federal Government releases their relatives who were detained in Yola, the terrorists who abducted the Abuja-Kaduna bound train passengers on March 28 have threatened that they would start killing them as from next week.
The leaders of the terrorists who purportedly masterminded the Abuja-Kaduna train attack, in a recorded conversation with Malam Tukur Mamu, spokesman to Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, claimed that the Federal Government suspended the resumption of the train service for fear of a fresh attack.
The audio stated, ”The government suspended the resumption of the train service indefinitely because of our threats and we repeat, if our conditions are not met, the resumption of the train service is to the detriment of the government and the passengers.”
“We don’t need money. We have a good reason for doing what we did. Until our demands are met, none of the victims will come out alive even if it means we all die with them. They are well taken care of as you can see from the pictures we sent to you via WhatsApp but we assure you that this will not continue.
“We choose you (Tukur Mamu) to convey this important message to the government, the families of the victims and Nigerians in general because we believe you won’t alter our message and we have seen you severally with Sheikh Gumi in the forest, therefore, we recognized the fearlessness in you.”
Abu Barra, leader of the terror group, said, “Our children, numbering about 8 between the ages of one to seven years, are currently being held at an orphanage in Jimeta, Adamawa State under the supervision of the Nigerian Army.
“The names of our children are Abdulrahman, Bilkisu, Usman, Ibrahim and Juwairiyyah. They were forcefully taken from our wives in Nasarawa and taken to the orphanage in Yola.
“For any continued discussion on the release of these passengers and a safe resumption of the train service, our children must be released unconditionally. Only then we will release some of the abducted victims, especially the women while other passengers will be released on a prisoner exchange with some of our arrested comrades by the government.”
