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The families of the train attack on the Abuja\u2013Kaduna route have revealed that eight hundred million Naira (N800m) were paid to the terrorists before releasing seven victims on Saturday.<\/div>\n
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\nThe released victims were among the dozens of passengers abducted on March 28 by gunmen who derailed the moving train.<\/p>\n

Sources revealed that eight hundred million Naira was paid to the terrorists holding captives seized from the AK9 train service attacked on the Abuja\u2013Kaduna route before the additional seven victims were released on Saturday.<\/p>\n

No organisation has yet claimed responsibility for the attack but security sources and researchers attributed the daring attack to remnants of Boko Haram working with members of the Darul Salam, another group mostly populated by Fulani youths dislodged from Niger and Nasarawa States at different times.<\/p><\/div>\n

\nSome however attributed the attack to the Islamic State West Africa (ISWAP) though, atypical of the group, they have not publicly laid claim to it.<\/p>\n

The release of the seven victims came amid heightened fears that the terrorists would kill all those in their custody over the alleged failure of the federal government to respond to their demands.<\/p>\n

The captors of the train passengers had earlier on Tuesday sent an audio clip to victims\u2019 families threatening to kill the captives if the families were unwilling to strike a deal with them.<\/p><\/div>\n

\nIt was reliably gathered that the families of each of the six Nigerian victims paid N100 million while the captors pegged the ransom for the Pakistani at N200 million which was also paid.<\/p>\n

Our sources said the terrorists collected the ransom in naira and US dollars.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly N200 million was collected in naira, the remaining N600 million was paid in the equivalent of US dollars,\u201d one of our sources said.<\/p>\n

Those released were identified as Muhammad Daiyabu Paki, Bosede Olurotimi, Abubakar Zubairu, Alhassan Sule, Sadiq Ango Abdullahi, Aliyu Usman and Muhammad Abuzar Afzal, the Pakistani.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the families of the victims felt abandoned by the federal government and therefore had to pay for the release of their loved ones,\u201d another source close to one of the released<\/p>\n

\u201cThe truth is that the FG is indifferent to our plight\u2026Those in power don\u2019t care if the captives are all killed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is why we sold our property and raised the money. It is the same for the families of all those released. We all paid through our nose but Alhamdulillah, it is worth it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The lead negotiator for the release of the victims, Kaduna-based newspaper publisher, Tukur Mamu, had on Saturday announced that he secured the release of the seven abductees through mediation as he was silent on any ransom paid.<\/p>\n

Mamu, a media consultant to Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, had last week announced his withdrawal from negotiating with the terrorists due to the alleged government\u2019s nonchalant attitude to the plight of the train abductees.<\/p>\n

He, however, said he had to continue with the mediation because of immense pressure and appeal by the relations and loved ones of the victims.<\/p>\n

Previously, the abductors had released three batches of captives, including the managing director of the Bank of Agriculture, Alwan Hassan, a group of eleven victims and a pregnant woman released alone.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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