Kidnappers of Kaduna-Abuja passengers threaten to kill victims if government fails to meet ultimatum

Kidnappers of passengers on board the Abuja-Kaduna train have threatened to start killing the passengers in captivity if their demands were not met within seven days.

They have asked the government to release their children allegedly kept in a Yola detention facility.

Leaders of the terrorists spoke via phone calls to Malam Tukur Mamu, the spokesman of Sheikh Ahmad Gumi.

In the audio conversations between Malam Tukur Mamu and the leaders of the terrorists Abu Barra, he claimed that the federal government suspended the resumption of the train service because of their threats.

He explained their reasons for the abduction was in retaliation for the arrest and detention of their children by the security agencies.

Barra claimed that the children numbering about 8 between the ages of one to seven years are currently being held at an orphanage in Jimeta, Adamawa state under the supervision of the Nigerian army.