Six people have been rescued from among the 32 passengers abducted from Igueben train station, in Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State.
The state government announced the development in a statement on Monday.
The rescued victims were identified as a 65-year-old man, a nursing mother with her baby, a six-year-old girl, and two siblings aged two and five years old, respectively.
The victims were waiting to board a train to Warri in Delta State when they were abducted on Saturday afternoon by gunmen suspected to be terrorists.
The victims were said to be rescued by a combined team of security agents including the local vigilantes and hunters.
This incident occurred months after an Abuja-Kaduna train was attacked on March 28, 2022, resulting in the death of about 14 passengers.
About 63 passengers were abducted and later released after several months.
