On the morning of Tuesday March the 29th, 2022, the media was awash with the story of the killing and kidnap of some train passengers by terrorists in Kaduna, northern Nigeria. The Chief of defense staff, Lucky Irabor, said seven people were killed, 29 injured and several others abducted.
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Meanwhile, in January 2023, another kidnap was reported in a train station at Edo state, but the government said 20 people were kidnapped contrary to earlier reports of 31 people being kidnapped, in the Ekehen, Igueben Local Government area railway station attack, last Saturday.
It was also revealed that seven of those kidnapped have been rescued.
Briefing newsmen on updates from the Igueben incident, the Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, told journalists in Benin City that the latest figure of victims was based on intelligence reports from security operatives from the area.
He said: “From intelligence, we have discovered that the kidnappers are successfully holding just 13 hostages, not 31, as previously thought. This is the intelligence available to us now. They might have taken 20, seven were rescued and the balance is 13 people with them. The operation is still ongoing and we are confident that very soon the ordeal of these innocent citizens will come to an end.”
