" My captors collected 100 million naira to release me- Released train victim, Hassan Lawan Usman.




The train attackers are not regular bandits but members of Boko Haram terrorists group.

  "They are well armed and have taken over a vast area of the nation's forests spanning about three to four states alongside the regular bandits that are equally armed with sophisticated weapons.

" Our captors, who later resorted to flogging us daily were hitherto nice.

" They fed us with cow meat and even gave us 10,000 each for upkeep.

  " They accused the government of arbitrary arrest and detention of their members. My family paid 100 million naira for my release."

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