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In a viral video, it was seen that vandals had used saw-like objects to cut the rail line in pieces, thereby endangering the lives of commuters.
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Some bolts and knots had also been removed showing the vandals’ readiness to cart away the iron rails.
Fidet Okhiria, managing director/ chief executive officer of Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), confirmed the development to journalists on Thursday.
He said the incident occured around KM 30, Adogo, a Kogi state section of the rail.
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Okhiria said the train is still being operated through alternative means.
“The incident happened two days ago. But we are still in operation because we have an alternative,” he said.
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Federal Government has been tasked to review the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), under the supervision of the Ministry of Transportation The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), has announced the arrest of two persons suspected of vandalising rail tracks along the Kaduna-Zaria rail line. Haruna Sabo, the NRC Northern District Engineer, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday in Zaria He said that the corporation had deployed patrol teams along the rail line following repeated vandalism of the rail tracks. Sabo said those arrested were members of a syndicate that specialized in removing rail clips that hold sleepers and rail tracks together.
Last week, a train loaded with water pipes from Lagos to Zaria derailed around Unguwar Kanawa axis of Kaduna, opposite Sultan Bello Mosque as a result of vandalism.
However, while parading the syndicate on Friday evening in Zaria, the Northern District Engineer, Zaria, Haruna Sabo said the thieves were arrested by staff of the district office at Sayi-Dumbi section along Zaria-Kaduna axis on Friday.
Suspects, Sabitu Kabiru, in black shirt and Sabi’u Shehu in red shirt, holding bits of the vandalised lines
Sabo said the railway inspection and maintenance unit has provided and assigned personnel to man trenches of rail lines on daily basis adding that the personnel were expected to be on patrol of such trenches.