Train Attack: Bandits Did Not Honour Negotiation – Garba Shehu

The Senior Special Assistant to the President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has said attacker of train passengers did not attend negotiations with the federal government.

Shehu explained that attempts by the Federal Government to rescue the remaining passengers of the March 28 train attack were further frustrated by the bandits.

Garba Shehu who disclosed this In an interview with the BBC Hausa on Agugust 12, 2022, said the bandits’ leader holding the passengers hostage had requested the release of his wife and some of his comrades but failed to release the hostages despite the FG meeting his demands.

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“Anyone who says that the government is not doing anything or has not done anything does not know what contributions we are making to fight for their freedom.

“Don’t forget since this thing happened, the leader of the abductors said his concern was to get his pregnant wife out of the security mess she was in.

“Nigerian government took her to the hospital, she delivered twins and he was shown his twins’ health alongside his wife and was handed over to his parents thinking that the government had done a well-done job.

“After this, they brought a new request that there are about six to seven of his boys in Yola with the hope that if they were released, they will free all abductors in their custody. The outcome was that they said they needed money. So, nobody should say that the government is not doing anything,” Shehu said.