So what seem to be like an adventure to some people and the only means by which some others could get to their destination turned into our worst nightmares on the early hours of Saturday 30th of December 2017, precisely around 7:50am when a couch of the train we boarded, travelling from lagos to kano derailed from its track few kilometers from its Oshogbo station. After spending the whole day doing nothing to arrest the situation, making a mockery of themselves by bringing a crane weighing 4tonnes to lift a couch of 77tonnes, the day finally ended with them achieving nothing and thousands of passengers stuck in a town with no relatives, no money, mothers travelling with 5 or more kids with no food to eat and no roof over their heads. The next day, while people are already getting tensed and with the negligence of the of the NRC management towards the passengers they took money from and swore to convene to their destination, a very vibrant young man Yusuf Kabiru, myself and a host of others took it upon ourselves to challenge the gross unprofessionalism of these staffs, as they all bailed on the abandoned passengers at the Oshogbo train station with nobody coming forth to address them to calm their state of unrest. Another attempt by the so called maintenance team in trying to bring back to track the derailed couch also resulted in failure as inferior tools were used again in trying to fix a simple problem that ordinary should not take more than 2 hours endangering the lives of thousands, with the MD of the NRC fully aware of the situation but not the least bothered by the sufferings of these people. While others who still had the means to run away from this life threatening experience did so with immediate effect, others who could not only sat and pray to God’s rescue from this travails as we were far away hundreds of miles from getting entering a new year with no hope of going home. After stranded for more than 48 hours with still no solution to a simple problem, the NRC finally brought another train to collect us at the point of derailment to continue the journey stuffing all of us in Economy classed couches like packs of sardines fish in a container, leaving us to the hungry hands of fierce looking mosquitoes to devour. Still no formal statement from any of the management staffs, no apologies what so ever, and no refunds what so ever even though the services we are getting is far below what we paid for.
Few hours later at Ilorin train station during a stopover, without any form of warning and passengers still on the platform, the driver zoomed off and because of the already existing panic, the passengers raced to enter the train for the fear of being left behind resulting in series of severe accidents with the train smashing the head of a passenger. Staffs and policemen attached to the train all stayed back doing nothing to salvage the situation while some of us rushed to help the severely injured victims. A good Samaritan offered to help us to the hospital but no staff or policeman was willing to go stating that it was not their duty. The man with the smashed head died in the later hours of that same day. No form of apology, no form of concern and also no form of remorse was shown by these people. And till this meaning no official statement has been released by the NRC concerning the death, accident or even the breakdown of the train.
A journey that was supposed to be for 36 hours later took 5 days simply because of negligence and lack of sense of responsibility
My questions now are;
Is the entire NRC so heartless to the point of not showing concern towards this inhuman treatment melted on over a thousand individuals?
Is the NRC so unequipped that a problem that was not meant to take more than 3 hours to solve becomes impossible to conquer?
Is the NRC so corrupt to the point of relegating us from 1st class couch to economy class without any form of refunds?
How can common Nigerians entrust their lives and properties with the NRC when they continuously failing the people they were meant to provide service to?
I sent this post with pictures to some media outlets but for reasons best known to them, they decided to flush it down the drain.
Cc Sahara reporters
Cc Naij.com
Cc Gossipmill
Cc yabaleftonline.com
Cc information Nigeria

What a terrible experience you went through.

Can you post the pictures here.
It might facilitate the MODS taking it to the front page.

Those responsible for this should be held accountable.