Last Two Victims Of Edo Train Attack Rescued
Written by City Radio on January 19, 2023
Seven suspects, including two traditional rulers are currently said to be in police custody.
The two remaining victims of the train station attack in Igueben, Edo State have been rescued.
In a briefing in Benin City on Wednesday, the state’s Commissioner for Communications and Orientation, Chris Nehihkare, disclosed that seven suspects, including two traditional rulers, are currently in police custody.
Gunmen had attacked passengers waiting to board a train from the Igueben station in Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State to Warri, in Delta State on Saturday, January 7, and abducted no fewer than 32 persons.
The police had said the abductors, armed with AK-47s, invaded the train station and shot sporadically into the air before abducting scores of intending travellers into the bush.
Six of the victims were rescued on January 6 and one was rescued a day later. On January 13, two more victims were rescued while 12 were said to have been rescued hours later.
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, had blamed the Nigerian Railway Corporation, accusing the railway authorities of negligence.
According to him, the Kaduna train attack should have taught the train managers to beef up security at their facilities nationwide.
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