The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), has suspended the Lagos-Kano and Ajaokuta train services due to fear of attacks by terrorists.
It was gathered that the NRC suspended services at the Ajaokuta station along Warri-Itakpe route because of the attack on some passengers by gunmen on Monday.
It added that the Lagos-Kano route and the Ajaokuta train station would not resume until security was guaranteed.
It was gathered that the Lagos-Kano train services were suspended because of the high level of insecurity in Niger and Kaduna states, which are the routes of the train heading to Kano from Lagos.
According to report, the NRC Managing Director, Fidet Okhiria, confirmed the suspension of the train services at the Ajaokuta station.
He said, “We have not stopped (services), rather what we said was that we are not going to be stopping at the Ajaokuta station.
“This is because yesterday (Monday), while passengers were leaving the station with their private cars and buses, they had people shooting at them. So we said we will not stop there again for passengers.
“The train is still running, but for now we will not be stopping at Ajaokuta because they have some concerns there. We heard that they removed their traditional ruler in that location and the local government chairman there.”
