Over 48 hours after terrorists attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train, Nigerians are yet to know the number of passengers on board.
The attacked train, which left at least eight passengers dead and 41 injured, saw the disappearance of scores of passengers.
This is even as the terrorists, who went away with some of the passengers, have started calling their families to say their loved ones are with them.
Although the Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC, said in a statement, Tuesday, that 398 passengers bought tickets for the trip, and that only 362 of the tickets were actually validated for the trip, initial reports on the attack, which claimed 970 passengers were on board the ill-fated train has not been refuted by the authorities.
Consequently, families yet to find their loved ones on board have become anxious to get the manifest to ascertain the names, and number of persons who made the trip are in the dark as to the number of passengers on board the train at the time of the attack.
However, a manifest of passengers on board the train was circulated on social media yesterday, but the NRC dismissed it as fake.
It was gathered yesterday that the terrorists who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train service at Dutse village on Monday night, have phoned one of the families of the missing passengers.
They were said to have called a family to inform them that their daughter and others taken away by them were in their camps.
A source close to the family said the bandits called on Tuesday night but did not request for ransomm.
“They called Tuesday night and told us our sister and other missing passengers are with them in their camps and that she is safe. They didn’t talk more than that.
