Bandits killed one of the recently released passengers of the Abuja-Kaduna train along the Huntua-Gusau road on Saturday while en route to his hometown in Kebbi province.
The victim, whose name has not been released, spent more than six months in terrorist captivity after the attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28, 2022.
The victim was killed along with a relative who was reunited with him by Kaduna state authorities after being rescued last week on the way to his hometown in Kebbi state.
He was killed three days after he was released and after being held for more than 190 days, Boko He Haram by the terrorist group Ansarullah.
At the time of this report, one of his relatives who was driving the vehicle was also kidnapped by terrorists at an undisclosed location. The latest group of kidnap victims, including the deceased, were released last week, Wednesday, October 5, 2022, after six months of captivity.
The victim had previously been shot in the head by gunmen ambushing him on the constantly busy road between Huntua and Gusau and died hours after being taken to his Tsafe General Hospital on the same highway. It turns out.
Since then he has been buried in his hometown according to Islamic rites.
