Nigeria Railway Corporation Stops Abuja-Kaduna Train Service Over Terror Attack
Category: Nigeria News
The Nigeria Railway Corporation has stopped services on the Abuja-Kaduna route
following allegations that a part of the train track was bombed by bandits.
Officials of the corporation confirmed on Thursday that services
on the route had been halted but stated that investigations were ongoing to
determine if the facility was actually bombed as widely speculated.
We earlier reported how a former Senator from Kaduna State,
Shehu Sani,
posted on his verified Twitter handle that bandits attacked a train on the
route on Wednesday.
Sani said
“Yesterday (Wednesday) terrorists attacked the Kaduna-Abuja railway with an
explosive and opened fire on the train, targeting the engine driver and the
tank.
“This (Thursday) morning, I was onboard when our train ran over another
explosive damaged rail.”
The Abuja/Kaduna Train Service Station
Manager, Paschal Nnorli, has now confirmed that there was an attack on the
train, but could not tell if it was with an explosive.
“Yes, there was an attack, but right now I cannot confirm if it was an
explosive or bomb attack as people are saying,” he said.
Nnorli added, “Investigations are ongoing and I’ll give you updates as they
come in. Out engineers have been mobilized to the area. And right now we have
suspended services.”
That's a simple action- Lai Mohammed
ReplyDeleteBuhari should continue to watch. This is another set back on the railroad and people might start getting scared using it. I pity for naija
ReplyDeleteIn fact if they had succeeded, this would have been a massive one
DeleteYes ooo
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