One of the five hostages freed yesterday by Kaduna train attackers in March has narrated his ordeal while having a bullet residing him as he languished in captivity.
Mukhtar Shuaibu said he took the bullet on his stomach when one of the terrorists accidentally shot him after his noon prayer on the 85th day of their captivity.
According to him, the terrorists made effort to extract it.
“When the ‘doctor’ came, he immediately put on his hand gloves and put his finger through the bullet holes into my stomach looking for the bullet. He could not find the bullet.
“Later, he inserted scissors still looking for the bullet. I was shouting because it was paining me. Still, he could not find the bullet,” the freed hostage said during their visit to Mallam Tukur Mamu, publisher of Desert Herald, who facilitated their release in Kaduna.
“We were in the terrorists’ captivity until the 85th day, on a Tuesday. I was sitting down. I just finished my noon prayer.
“All of a sudden, I heard the sound of the gun. I suddenly discovered a bullet hit me. I saw blood flowing down through my short nickers.
“Mustapha Imam, a doctoral degree holder, who was also a hostage asked me to lie down. They looked for a piece of cloth to cover the spot above my navel.,” he said.
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“Up till this moment, the bullet has not been found in my body and it is not as if it came out of my body through the back.
“The past four months in the terrorists’ den were traumatic. There was no rest of mind because we were sleeping and waking up with gun sounds.”
He also described the fate of those still in captivity.
“The people remaining in captivity are not in good health condition, especially a woman who is close to 90 years and children,” he added as he pleaded with the federal government to hasten their release.