The terrorists who attacked an Abuja-Kaduna train on the 28th of March 28 have released four photos of those they kidnapped.
In the photos circulated on Tuesday, 62 of the kidnapped victims are seen in four groups.
The first photo has 23 persons, including five children (two females and three males) and 18 women.
The second photo shows 17 men, including a foreigner, while the third photo shows six of the victims sitting, one of whom has a bandage wrapped on his right leg.
The fourth photo shows 16 people. The terrorists used clothes to block the background on the photographs as the abductees sat on a tarpaulin.
This is third time the terrorist are releasing photos to prove that the captives are still alive.
The first photo was released during the release of Managing Director of Bank of Agriculture, Alwan Ali-Hassan.
The other was a video showing victims begging the government to grant the terrorists’ demands.
It was reported after the attack that 68 captives were with the bandits, including 41 women, 22 men and five children.
However, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) is unsure of the exact number of those abducted.
They blew up rail tracks on the Abuja-Kaduna route during the attack, killing eight passengers. No fewer than 41 people were injured.
Ali-Hassan, who is the only released captive released so far, had told those who visited him that they were subjected to five days of trekking from the attack scene to a forest in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State.
President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered security agencies to secure the release of all those in captivity but so far, none have been released.
Meanwhile families of the victims have written the National Security Adviser (NSA), Major-General Mohammed Munguno, demanding a status report.
The letter dated April 25th, was signed by Aliyu Mahmood, Idayat Yusuf, Aminu Othman and Dr. Baaba Muhammed on behalf of the victims’ families.
The letter reads: “We the families of victims of the Nigerian Railway Corporation train attack AK9 departing from Abuja on 28th of March 2022 to Rigasa Kaduna have come together on behalf of the victims that are in captivity.
“We write to express our concern that there is no representation from government to communicate with us on the status of our loved ones.
“Even though we know the information may be of confidential nature, families need to be reassured and be carried along in a safe manner to ensure their release from captivity safely.
“We humbly request your facilitation to ensure that the Federal Government is in touch with the victims’ families.”