President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, met with the 23 released victims of the March 28, 2022 Abuja-Kaduna train attack.

Thelagostimes gathered that the president met the victims at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) hospital in Kaduna about 24 hours after their release on Wednesday.

It was gathered that the President made an impromptu visit to the NDA hospital to see the victims of the train attack after commissioning Cadets of 69 Regular Course of the NDA, in Afaka, Kaduna State.

Members of the Chief of Defence Staff Action Committee led by Major General Usman Abdulkadir (rtd), who facilitated the release of the train victims, were present at the hospital.

Others are Major General Adamu Jalingo (rtd), Brig.-Gen. Abubakar Saad (rtd), Dr. Murtala Ahmed Rufai, Ibrahim Abdulllahi, Ambassador Ahmed Magaji and Prof Yusuf Usman.

Recall that Thelagostimes had earlier reported that the remaining 23 Abuja-Kaduna train victims were released by their abductors on Wednesday.

Secretary of the Chief of Defence Staff Action Committee, Usman Yusuf, who announced the release in a statement, said the hostages were released at about 4pm.

Recall that the victims were kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists during an attack on a moving passenger train in Kaduna on March 28, 2022.