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How Kaduna-Abuja train passengers got stranded in bush

Daily Trust reports that each of the 13 coaches of the train had 86 passengers on board. The two-hour journey lasted for about six hours (6:40am to 12:15 pm). At 7:20 am, the train finally broke down at Dutse substation. The passengers were stranded until 10:12 am when another locomotive was brought. Security personnel on board the train took strategic positions to protect the passengers.  The fear of kidnapping has made many motorists abandon the Abuja-Kaduna Road for the train. A passenger, An Assistant National Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Midat Joseph, said the train developed fault around 7:am. “I left my house as early as 5:am to join the 6:40am train but unfortunately I was trapped in the forest for three hours. This is not the first time I will be experiencing this mess,” he said.

Passengers trapped in bush as Abuja-Kaduna Train breaks down

The stranded passengers Hundred of passengers on Abuja/Kaduna train are currently stranded in Dutse, Kaduna, as the train developed faults few minutes into the journey. Daily Trust reports that five minutes after the train departed the Rigasa Station in Kaduna, it developed a mechanical fault. Twice, the train stopped before getting to Dutse, where it finally broke down. Midat Joseph, an Assistant National Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), who is one of the passengers, said the train developed fault around 7:am. “ I left my house as early as 5:am to join the 6:40am train but unfortunately I have been trapped here in this forest. This is not the first time I will be experiencing this mess,” he said.

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