By Emmanuel Obisue
Terrorists who kidnapped train passengers heading from Abuja to Kaduna in March, have released a disheartening video of the remaining captives being flogged and manhandled mercilessly, as the terrorists appeared to be venting their anger on the Nigerian Government on their victims.
In the new video that trended online on Sunday, the terrorists were seen manhandling some of the victims and flogging them with sticks while the victims cried and pleaded for help.
One of the terrorists, apparently unhappy with the situation, asked two of his accomplices, Ali and Abdullahi, to stop manhandling the victims, “Its okay! Its okay,” he yelled out in Hausa.
One of the abducted passengers who appeared on camera, narrated how they were kidnapped and lamented that the Nigerian Government has failed to secure their release.
The unnamed captive who was visibly trembling, pleaded with foreign governments – the US, UK and France – to help secure their release. He added that the gunmen have no intention of keeping them longer than necessary in the forest.
One of the terrorists said the Nigerian Government should be blamed for what is happening to the captives because they refused to do the needful.
“We know your plan (Nigerian government) is to rescue the captives with force. Know that this is little of what we can do to them (beating the captives) as we said earlier, if you (the government) did not reach our demand, this place will be a slaughterhouse,” the terrorist said.
The man, who appeared to be a leader of the gang, later vowed that his group would kidnap top government officials, politicians and senators.
While some of the kidnapped train passengers have been released after the payment of ransom, about 43 others, including the son of a former military Governor of Kano State, Idris Garba, his wife and children are still in captivity.
