Four more victims of the remaining 27 hostages of the March 28 AK9 train attack along the Abuja-Kaduna way have been released by their captors
The released hostages include an 85-year-old woman, Hajiya Halimatu Atta and her 53-year-old daughter.
Among the released victims are two others, Sani Abdulmajid (Adama Aliyu and MS Ustaz) and a Sokoto state indigene, Alhaji Modin Modi Bodega.
A member of the negotiating team, Tukur Mamu said that the victims were released on Friday, August 19, after spending over four months in captivity.
Mamu pleaded with the Federal Government and other stakeholders to intensify efforts towards the release of the 23 victims still with the terrorists whose health conditions, he said, are pathetic and require urgent medical attention.