Defence Headquarters Director of Defence Information, Major General Jimmy Akpor, revealed that the release of the Kaduna-Abuja train passengers was facilitated by the elements of national power.
According to The Nation, the Major General gave this detail during the bi-weekly media briefing with Defence Correspondents, adding that the operation was non-kinetic.
Punch Metro reported that the remaining 23 abducted Kaduna-Abuja train passengers captured by terrorists on March 28 were released yesterday.
Speaking further, Maj. Gen. Akpor said the DHQ acted in secrecy to secure the release of the abducted victims, adding that it was coordinated by a high-powered committee which is classified.
He said, “We have what we call elements of national power, and talking about elements of national power you have natural and social elements and these elements can be deployed separately or combined to achieve national objective.
”You know that this was a very high-powered committee and there was a lot of secrecy about how they went about deploying those elements of national power to ensure that the last batch was released”.
On the fate of the terrorists that carried out the attack, Akpor, said that they will not go unpunished.
“Talking about what happened to the terrorists, that is part of the details you won’t get now but surely anybody who commits any offence against the nation will definitely be fished out and be brought to book,” he assured.
