An unexpected fault was developed by a Lagos-bound train in the middle of a forest on Monday, causing fear and panic amidst passengers.
As obtained from a Twitter user, Yinka Seth @inkaseth who shared a viral video of the incident, it was revealed that some steel parts of the rail tracks were removed by some hoodlums.
The tweet read, “My first tweet went out about 8:12am. It is now 8:31am and the train has stopped twice. The current explanation is that some steel parts of the rail tracks have been ‘removed’, that is the thing about bad governance and citizenship. Eventually, e go touch everybody.
“We are less than 5mins from Moniya in Ibadan and the train has grinded to a halt. Judging by the time stamp of the videos I made, we’ve stopped for 10mins without an explanation.
“At 8:29am, we spotted someone holding a stick. Appeared to either be on a video call or making videos of the halted train. Passengers are tense and it is becoming harder to sit still.”
In an interview with The PUNCH, Seth said there was a similar incident a day before (Sunday).
He said, “I do not believe a team was sent; that may be due to the fact that my observation only focused on my vantage point. However, I did see two armed police officers on board who were active when the train stopped.”
Efforts to reach the spokesperson for the Nigeria Railway Corporation, Yakubu Mahmood, proved abortive as of the time of filing this report.
