The minister of Transportation, Muazu Jaji Sambo, said no money was paid for the release of the kidnapped 23 Train passengers earlier abducted on the Abuja-Kaduna ill-fated train on March 28, 2022.
The minister, who stated this while addressing journalists in Abuja on Friday, said the released passengers have already been reunited with their families after proper medical check-up and examination.
Sambo, who expressed happiness with the release of the victims safely, said the target of the government was to get them out safely and no ransom was paid for any of them.
On the plans for the resumption of train services on the Abuja-Kaduna line, the minister said, “We have long term and short term plans for securing the rail line and operations will resume soon.”
He said the short-term process will be put in place within a period of three months for the train service on Abuja-Kaduna rail line.
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has said the service on the Abuja-Kaduna line will be restored soon.
Speaking to Leadership Newspaper on Friday, the spokesperson of the NRC, Yakubu Mahmood, said: “we will resume soon by God’s grace.”
