{"id":93986,"date":"2022-04-16T20:18:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T19:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=93986"},"modified":"2022-04-16T20:18:16","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T19:18:16","slug":"no-truce-yet-over-release-of-16-terrorists-commanders-in-exchange-for-kaduna-train-attack-abductees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/no-truce-yet-over-release-of-16-terrorists-commanders-in-exchange-for-kaduna-train-attack-abductees\/","title":{"rendered":"No truce yet over release of 16 terrorists commanders in exchange for Kaduna train attack abductees\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1730289582446884454\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Nigerian government has reportedly stalled negotiations between them and terrorists, who attacked the Kaduna-Abuja train on March 28, following the refusal of the government to accede to the release of 16 of their commanders and sponsors in custody.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The terrorists are keeping about 100 passengers, who were abducted from the train, which derailed at Katari, Kaduna, after it was bombed.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Eight persons were killed and 26 others injured when gunmen attacked the train and kidnapped the victims.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Nigerian Railway Corporation said it was unable to establish contact with 163 of the passengers and seven crew members, who boarded the train.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Security sources said the authorities were still negotiating with the terrorists, while exploring other options to rescue the abductees, who were seen in a viral video sitting under a tree at an unknown location, believed to be the bandits\u2019 camp.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It was gathered on Friday that the government was also not ready to pay ransom on the abductees.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A source said, \u201cThe Federal Government is looking into their demands because of the hostages, but the government is being cautious; it cannot meet the demands of the terrorists. The last time the government released some commanders, they went back and the insurgency became worse.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;So, nobody is considering releasing the commanders. The terrorists were also given money previously and the situation did not improve.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Following the lack of progress in the negotiations, it was learned that the terrorists might start asking the families of the hostages for ransom.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Some of the family members had protested the abduction of their loved ones and also complained that the terrorists had not contacted them since the victims were held captive over two weeks ago.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Meanwhile, the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered intensive security patrols of all public spaces and critical national assets ahead of Easter.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He directed all state Commissioners of Police and their supervising Assistant Inspectors-General of Police to ensure adequate deployment of personnel and operational assets in areas of security interest in their respective areas of responsibility.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The acting force spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, disclosed in a statement that the IG also instructed the supervising officers to ensure that \u201cconfidence-boosting, proactive and high visibility patrols\u201d were carried out on the highways, motor parks, train stations, airports, worship centres, recreation centres, banks and other financial institutions, while taking adequate measures to provide a peaceful, crime-free, and enabling environment for religious, cultural and other socio-economic activities to thrive.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cIn addition, the commissioners of police and their supervising AIGs have been directed to ensure proper supervision of the men assigned for these assignments. They must be professional and courteous to law-abiding citizens, but firm and ruthless with criminal elements, who might want to take advantage of the festive period to perpetrate their unholy acts,\u201d the statement added.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian government has reportedly stalled negotiations between them and terrorists, who attacked the Kaduna-Abuja train on March 28, following the refusal of the government to accede to the release&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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