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From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, met with the freed 23 passengers of the March 28, 2022 Abuja-Kaduna train attack at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Hospital, Kaduna.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, who made the disclosure in a statement, yesterday, said Buhari made an impromptu visit to the hospital, to see the victims of the train attack after commissioning Cadets of 69 Regular Course (Army, Navy and Air Force) of the NDA, in Afaka, Kaduna State.
“President Buhari made a detour to the hospital before boarding NAF 001 to return to Abuja from the Kaduna International Airport. There, he congratulated the Nigerian military for their valiant efforts in securing the captives’ safe release from Boko Haram terrorists.
At the passing out parade, the president had praised the military’s use of kinetic and non-kinetic methods in addressing some of the nation’s security issues,” the statement read.
While commending the military on the rescue operation, the president said: “This feat was not achieved without our military, as the interventionist Chief of Defence Staff Action Committee set up by General Leo Irabor was at the centre of the development, along with sister security agencies. I say bravo to our soldiers, officers and gentlemen.”
Members of the Chief of Defence Staff Action Committee, led by Maj.-Gen. Usman Abdulkadir (retd), who facilitated the release of the train victims, were present at the hospital when the president visited.
