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Bank of Agriculture MD, Alwan Hassan, niece, among missing victims of Kaduna train attack

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Now, the MD of the Bank of the Agriculture, Alwan Hassan, is reported to be one of the missing passengers in the Abuja-Kaduna train attacked

By Emma Ogbuehi

Twenty-four hours after the dastardly attack on a Kaduna bound train on Monday evening, more details are beginning to emerge and the victims are being identified.

TheNiche has earlier reported that Trade Union Congress (TUC) Secretary-General, Barrister Musa Lawal Ozigi, and a lady medical doctor with the St Gerald’s hospital, Chinelo Megafu, are among the dead.

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A former Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Malam Ibrahim Wakkala, was equally shot in the leg. He is still in the hospital. 

Now, the Managing Director of the Bank of the Agriculture (BoA), Alwan Ali Hassan, is reported to be one of the missing passengers in the Abuja-Kaduna train attacked by terrorists between Katari and Rijana on Monday evening.

Reports filtering into the newsroom indicate that Alwan Hassan may have been one of the victims whisked away by the terrorists with cars they brought to the crime scene.

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A source told The Nation on Tuesday that Hassan’s line has been switched off since the time of the attack on Monday evening with no one able to reach him.

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The source added that Alwan Hassan boarded the evening train going to Kaduna with one of his nieces.

He said: “We cannot tell if he has been kidnapped or not but we are worried because we have been unable to reach him since yesterday.

“His phone lines have been switched off and no one has contacted the bank or any of his family members,” the source close to his family stated.

Many of the passengers were either killed, injured or abducted by the terrorists.

Details shortly

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