The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) said it is working with security authorities to find additional missing passengers from the AK9 train that was assaulted on its journey from Abuja to Kaduna.
Mr Fidet Okhiria, the NRC’s Managing Director, said in a statement issued on Sunday that two more passengers had been certified safe, bringing the total number of safe passengers to 172.
“The Corporation also verifies updates that a total of 172 passengers on board the train are safe and well, while 21 passengers remain missing,” he added.
“We assure our esteem passengers that the company, in partnership with security agencies, will leave no stone unturned in our attempts to rescue the missing persons,” the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) added.
The Corporation expresses its heartfelt condolences to those who have lost loved ones and prays for the souls’ repose.
The NRC expressed its profound condolences to its injured passengers, as well as everyone on board the AK9 train on Monday, March 28, for the distress caused by this sad tragedy, according to the statement.
As of April 2, the NRC’s repair team has rerailed four more coaches, according to the NRC’s Managing Director.
He reported that two of the coaches (SP 00007 and SP 00013) had been safely transported to the stations of Idu and Rigasa, respectively.
He explained that the other two carriages were still at the location owing to damaged tracks.
According to him, this takes the total number of retrained coaches to seven, with just five of them having been successfully transported to the stations.
He stated that attempts are being made to connect the tracks, and that a total of 80 meters of the affected portion has been repaired, including the replacement of impacted Sleepers and twisted Rails.
On March 28, 11 coaches were involved in the terrible occurrence of bandits attacking the railway, according to 360 MEDIA.
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