We Didn’t Attack Kaduna-Abuja Train — Ansaru Terrorists
EMERGENCY DIGEST- Jamar Ansarul Muslimina fi Biladi Sudan popularly known as Ansaru has denied attacking an Abuja-Kaduna bound train in March 2022, which claimed nine lives.
The group disclosed this in a statement distributed to travellers along Birnin Gwari -Funtua Highway on Thursday evening.
The statement titled: “Message to Nigerian Government and the Citizens” written in Hausa, said attacking innocent citizens was not part of their ideology.
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According to the group, their main aim was to protect Islam and Muslims who have been cheated and oppressed.
The group also claimed that a man called Abu Barra was not their leader, adding that they will announce their leader to the public soon.
They maintained that their mission is to defend Islam from the “wicked Nigerian government and other black African countries.
A youth leader from Birnin Gwari who does not want his name mentioned said that the group came out on that day to distribute the statement as motorists passed by.
“They didn’t attack anybody on the road. They were only handing the statements to commercial drivers on the Birnin Gwari highway,” he said.
