Six Victims Of Edo Train Attack Rescued

Six people kidnapped during the horrific attack on a train station in Edo State have been rescued.

The Edo state government announced the development in a statement on Monday.

Amongst the rescued victims are 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.

This platform had earlier reported that the gunmen struck when the victims were waiting to board a train to Warri in Delta State.

The gunmen in the attack abducted over thirty passengers.

“We are confident that the other victims will be rescued soon as the highly motivated security personnel are in high spirits and have doubled down on the hot chase of the kidnappers,” Chris Nehikhare, Edo commissioner for information, said in the statement on Monday.