Crime & SecurityTerrorists Release 23 Remaining Passengers Kidnapped In March

Boko Haram Terrorists have released 23 remaining passengers kidnapped, following the attack on the Abuja to Kaduna train on March 28, 2022.

This is contained in a statement signed by the Secretary Chief of Defense Staff Action Committee Prof. Usman Yusuf on Wednesday.

The statement read in parts: “I am pleased to announce to the nation and the world that at 1600Hrs. (4:00pm) today, Wednesday 5-10-2022, the seven-man Presidential Committee assembled by the Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), General L E O Irabor, secured the release and took custody of all the 23 remaining passengers held hostage by Boko Haram Terrorists following the attack on the Abuja to Kaduna train on 28-3-2022”.

The statement said sister Security Agencies and the Federal Ministry of Transportation also contributed to the successful operation, noting that the nation owes a debt of gratitude to the Nigerian Military under the leadership of the Chief of Defense Staff who conceived and guided the operation from the start to finish.

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Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.

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