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Gunmen who abducted 31 Edo train passengers on Saturday have allegedly demanded N620m ransom for their release. The criminals had presented their demands to the families of the abductees. The Executive Director, Esan Youth for Good Governance and Social Justice, Benson Odia, disclosed that the kidnappers were demanding N20million for each victim. This was as the police anti-terrorism squad and the Nigerian Railway Corporation on Monday met to strategise on ways to rescue the train passengers.
The police have disclosed that another victim among the 32 passengers abducted from a train station in Edo State, South-South Nigeria, has been rescued. The passengers were kidnapped on Saturday at Igueben train station, in Igueben Local Government Area of the state. The victim said to be a woman was reportedly rescued on Tuesday by security agencies combing the area. This comes less than 24 hours after a 65-year-old man, a nursing mother with her baby, a six-year-old girl, and two siblings aged two and five years old respectively were released by the gunmen.