The kidnappers of Abuja-Kaduna train passengers have said that their goal is not to extort money from the Federal Government.
The perpetrators said in a video published on Wednesday that the government knew what they wanted and threatened to murder the victims if their demands were not granted.
Following the release of a victim, Mr Alwan Hassan, Managing Director of Bank of Agriculture, a video was created.
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The MD was freed owing to his age and in the spirit of Ramadan, according to one of the robbers who spoke in Hausa.
“We are the group that recently abducted passengers on the train. Among them is this man that has been pleading with us due to his old age and we felt pity on him because of the month of Ramadan, so, we want to give him back to his family,” they said in the video.
Another bandit, who was amongst others in military uniform, concurred with what their leader said, and asked the FG not to investigate them, else, the victims will be killed.
He said, “I want to reiterate that what he said is true. Don’t try to investigate us immediately or to rescue them because killing them is not an issue for us.
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“We don’t want your money, if we wanted money, we wouldn’t have carried out the attack. You know what we want”.
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