The terrorists who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train on Monday, March 28, 2022, have released the Managing Director of the Bank of Agriculture (BoA) Alwan Ali-Hassan, saying they let him go on compassionate grounds.
The bandits made this disclosure in a viral video on social media, the speaker of the group, speaking in the Hausa language. He said that they decided to release Ali-Hassan in the spirit of the Ramadan season and his age.
The terrorists killed at least eight of the passengers, and wounded several others, while an unknown number of the travellers were abducted.
“We are responsible for the attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train and we are allowing the man to go because of his age and in the spirit of Ramadan,” said the speaker, who stood to Ali-Hassan’s left in the picture.
“This is the tip of the iceberg. We are not after money and the government knows what we want,” he said.
Hassan, who was flanked by four heavily armed terrorists before his release, also confirmed they were releasing him on compassionate grounds.
The BoA MD and his captors are standing against the background of a destroyed armored carrier.
The BoA MD, who was directed to speak in the video before his release, pleaded with the government to listen to the terrorists so that other captives can be released.
“There are many captives with our abductors here and out of pity, they decided to release me and due to the month of Ramadan, I am appealing to the government to save the lives of others with them,” he declared.