batch of seven hostages on Saturday.<\/a><\/p>\nThe terrorists had three weeks ago released 11 out of the 61 victims of the abducted train passengers remaining 50 hostage, and with the release of the seven, 43 of the captives were still in the terrorists\u2019 den.<\/p>\n
Mallam Tukur Mamu, one of the negotiators and Media Consultant to controversial Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, who disclosed this, said on Sunday that the released hostages were reunited with their families late Saturday evening.<\/p>\n
The seven hostages reunited with their families are Bosede Olurotimi, Abubakar Zubairu, Alhassan Sule and Sadiq Ango Abdullahi, Muhammad Daiyabu Paki, Aliyu Usman as well as only foreign national of Pakistani origin, Dr. Muhammad Abuzar Afzal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The seven hostages released by the terrorists that attacked the AK-9 Abuja-Kaduna train, are now back in their respective homes with their families. After more than 100 days in captivity, the terrorists released another batch of seven hostages on Saturday. The terrorists had three weeks ago released 11 out of the 61 victims of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":202459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[12024,31219,33836,41753],"class_list":["post-202457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-abuja-kaduna-train","tag-negotiator","tag-train-attack","tag-train-passengers"],"yoast_head":"\n
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