Mohammed Al’Amin, one of the remaining 50 hostages of the
abducted Abuja-Kaduna train passengers was said to have been shot by the
bandits
The bandits had two weeks ago released 11 out of the 61
victims of the abducted train passengers after almost three months in their
custody, remaining 50 hostages still in the den of their captive.
Malam Tukur Mamu, one of the negotiators and Media
Consultants to a controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, who disclosed
this, said that based on credible information made available to him, the
incident took place on Monday.
According to Mamu, the incident occurred during “friendly
exchanges of fire at the forest between the abductors that are guarding the
victims and preventing them from possible escape.”
Although he said the victim was critically wounded but still
alive and needed medical attention.
Mamu, in the latest edition of the Kaduna-based newspaper,
Desert Herald, sighted by one of our correspondents on Wednesday, stated that
the shooting of one of the hostages could be intentional just for the “purpose
of sending a message”.
He added that he pleaded with the terrorists to release the
shot victim for access to medication but that they “vehemently refused”.
“I pleaded with the abductors on Tuesday to free the victim
that was shot whom they said is in a critical condition to allow the government
to treat his emergency case but they vehemently refused, insisting that they
will not entertain any demand except government attend to theirs too,” Mamu
added.
He maintained that the Federal Government must be prepared
to take full responsibility for the failure to act fast in efforts to rescue
the remaining 50 hostages before more harm befell them.
He also expressed concern that there had been constant
communication but the government had yet to take a decision, adding that the
government must take “painful decisions to secure the innocent victims alive.”
“The incidence
according to credible information was said to have happened on Monday during
‘friendly exchanges of fire’ at the forest between the abductors that are
guarding the victims and preventing them from possible escape,” Mamu said.
“The incident that resulted in the shooting could also be
intentional from them (terrorists) for the purpose of sending a message.
Killing their victims is something we know they can do. They have threatened to
do that before.
“Government must be prepared to take full responsibility if
they didn’t act fast. There has been communication constantly but the
government is yet to take a decision.
“I know what is in this crisis and that is why I keep
emphasising that President Buhari must be prepared to take painful decisions,
painful compromises if they are really committed to securing these innocent
victims alive.
“With what we have succeeded in doing, the windows and
opportunity we opened which there’s none hitherto, the government has the power
to bring this to an end within three to four days.
“I assure them we can do it with their support and
cooperation and if it didn’t happen as long as government do the needful I will
agree and accept to take full responsibility. Cases of emergency such as this
don’t require unnecessary bureaucracy. I can confirm to you that the said
passenger has been shot.”
Mamu had earlier announced his withdrawal from the
negotiating team, but the families of the victims had prevailed on him, and his
principal (Gumi), to continue to be part of the negotiation.
This is just as he added that hunger and life-threatening
illnesses loomed following the conditions with which the bandits were keeping
the hostages.
While expressing concern over the deteriorating health
condition of some of the hostages, he called on the government to hasten up
steps to “secure their release as soon as possible”.
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