Hoodlums activities on the railway track forced train movement on the Lagos-Ibadan Railway section to temporarily stop on Saturday.

Passengers aboard the train which departed the Obafemi Awolowo Train Station in Ibadan at 8:30am on Saturday were said to have been forced to stop somewhere before Funmilayo Ransom Kuti at the Papalanto area due to the alleged removal of some components on the railway track by some vandals.

A passenger, who is a lecturer at the University of Ibadan, Dr Feyi Leo, told our correspondent that fear gripped her and other passengers when the train was forced to stop.

Leo said the train coming from Lagos to Ibadan was also forced to stop in the opposite direction and the two trains continued the journey after the damaged section had been fixed.

She said, “The trip was smooth and we had gone past the station at Abeokuta and moving towards Papalanto when the train stopped and it reversed some few meters.

“We were agitated and started asking questions. An announcement was made by the NRC official on board that their technicians were fixing a fault on the track and that it would not take long.

“True to their word, we left after 20 minutes of stoppage. But I was afraid while the whole thing lasted because of the materials on my laptop. There is no backup and it would have been a huge loss if anything had happened to my laptop.”

Another passenger, who identified himself as Promise said the temporary stoppage caused panic on board the train but said there were armed security agents on board and with the technicians who fixed the damaged track.

It was gathered that a similar incident happened two times in January and the trains were forced to stop for about 35 minutes before they continued with the journey.


https://punchng.com/breaking-vandals-damage-lagos-ibadan-railway-track-trains-forced-to-stop-in-bush/

Bandits abi na hoodlums no dey play with us.

So afonjas are mining rail tracks now too. It's alright.

Interesting

Risky

Thank God dem fix am.

Well

They have to stop

It's precautionary

These yoruba people sef

Saboteurs want to derail a monument just for 2023 politics. God will derailed all their evil plans.

kolaaderin:
Saboteurs want to derail a monument just for 2023 politics. God will derailed all their evil plans.

Dem fit be abokis wey de use am make spoons.

Abi Lalasticlala.

Nonexisting:
So afonjas are mining rail tracks now too. It's alright.

Hahahahahaha mining anything minable


avonja oooo

Nonexisting:
So afonjas are mining rail tracks now too. It's alright.

Effect of mpurimiri.

Lies.

Punch Newspaper and lies.

They only quoted someone who told them that the tracks needed attention and after 20 minutes they continued on the journey.

Some news are not just pleasant to the ears. Is this how the country will experience infrastructure development ?

I wonder the type of hunger that would make someone to vandalized rail tracks.

Golan007:
Lies.

Punch Newspaper and lies.

They only quoted someone who told them that the tracks needed attention and after 20 minutes they continued on the journey.

Wetin you dey talk?

This is obviously PDP sponsored vandals. These vandals and their sponsors should be caught and sentenced to death..... simply evil basstards.

If they are caught, they should be be shot at sight.

Whether they are my fellow Igbos o.

Or Yoruba

Or Hausa.

What rubbish.

Where is the sophistication?

this is what happen when you use the money for meaningful economy development to building meaningless rail

OnyeGreen:
this is what happen when you use the money for meaningful economy development to building meaningless rail

Seriously, someone saying this in the 21st century.