One of the abducted female passengers of the ill-fated Kaduna bound train attacked by bandits is reported to have given birth to a baby in captivity.
Terrorists had on March 28 planted explosives on the rail track and immobilized an AK9 Abuja – Kaduna train, killing at least nine people, wounding several others and abducting an unknown number of passengers.
The abductees have remained with the terrorists for a month despite repeated calls by their relatives and other Nigerians for the government to take decisive actions to free them from captivity.
The terrorists released two video clips and two photographs showing some of the abducted passengers in captivity.
Family members of the abducted passengers had on several occasions appealed to the federal government to facilitate the release of the hostages .
The federal government said it is doing all it can to free the victims. Information Minister, Lai Mohammed, however, said the actions being taken are confidential.
Arise TV News , however, reports that a family member of one of the victims said there are two pregnant women in captivity. The source’s relative was eight months pregnant when she was abducted, the report said.
The source said the terrorists brought in medical doctors and medical supplies into the forest to help the woman deliver safely.
The woman was delivered of her baby last weekend but the family only got to know on Wednesday when a picture of the baby was said to have been sent to them by the terrorists.
“According to reports by family sources, she gave birth with the aid of doctors brought in by the terrorists. We can also report that the terrorists are demanding the release of their top commanders in exchange for the abducted train passengers,” Arise TV News quoted the family source as saying.
“They contacted us and broke the news to us that she gave birth at the weekend, even though they did not tell us whether it was a boy or a girl,” the family member said
