JUST-IN: Abuja-Kaduna train terails, passengers stranded
A passenger train on Sunday derailed at Jere along the popular Abuja-Kaduna route, leaving the travellers stranded in the mountainous area.
The train was said to have left Kaduna at 8.05am heading for Abuja but developed fault about an hour later and stopped at Jere.
It was not immediately clear how many passengers were inside the train.
It was however learnt that more armed security personnel had been mobilised to the area in addition to those on the train to allay the fears of the passengers and their family members.
Senator Shehu Sani, in an alert raised on his verified X handle, stated, “A Kaduna morning train derails near Jere but engineers are attending to it.”
Workers of the Nigerian Railway Corporation have been drafted to the spot to repair the train, with about three carriages off the tracks.
Security personnel, including soldiers and police officers, are also on the spoke to keep watch over the passengers and the train.
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