Kaduna-Abuja train: Chief of Army Staff visits scene, orders troops to hunt down attackers

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant-General Faruk Yahaya, on Tuesday visited the scene of the Kaduna-Abuja train attack and ordered troops to intensify search and rescue operations as well as hunt down the terrorists.

The Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.

Nwachukwu said the army boss assessed the security situation around the general area of the attack and inspected the attacked train as well as the rail track to evaluate the degree of damage.

He said Yahaya was accompanied by some principal staff officers of the Army Headquarters and the General Officer Commanding 1 Division.

“He ordered the troops of the Nigerian Army and other security agencies to intensify their search and rescue operations to ensure that the kidnapped victims were rescued unconditionally.

“The COAS has also assured Nigerians that the troops would be undeterred and vehement in the fight against banditry and other forms of criminality.

“He urged members of the surrounding communities and all Nigerians to continue to avail troops with credible information to enhance their operations across the country.

“Yahaya observed that the attack reverberates the need for critical stakeholders to review the security of railways across the country in order to achieve the desired security architecture for railway transportation,” he said.

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