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Many passengers have been abducted while waiting to board a train from Igueben station in Edo State to Warri in Delta State.

According to Chidi Nwabuzor, an Edo police public relations officer, who confirmed the incident, the attack also injured some other travelers.

According to Nwabuzor, the kidnappers stormed the train station with AK-47 rifles and shot sporadically before abducting and taking some passengers into the bush.

The police spokesperson assured Nigerians that operations to search for and rescue the kidnapped passengers and apprehend the fleeing kidnappers had begun.

Nwabuzor said;

READ MORE => https://www.starcreeb.com.ng/2023/01/travellers-kidnapped-and-injured-in-edo.html

Don't really know what this country is turning into

Major factor affecting this country now

Lord help us

God abeg save this country

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With a train derailment by a bomb attack on the track already used by terrorist kidnap gangs operating in Nigeria's northern badlands, where many such abducted victims still languish in the bush, this more recent brazen attack by terrorists on a train station in the south of the country raises the stakes for railway travelers throughout Nigeria, because it is now clear that the danger of railroad travel starts right at the train station where the risk of kidnap and possible subsequent death is currently extreme, nationwide..

Jakumo:
With a train derailment by a bomb attack on the track already used by terrorist kidnap gangs operating in Nigeria's northern badlands, where many such abducted victims still languish in the bush, this more recent brazen attack by terrorists on a train station in the south of the country raises the stakes for railway travelers throughout Nigeria, because it is now clear that the danger of railroad travel starts right at the train station where the risk of kidnap and possible subsequent death is currently extreme, nationwide..

well said.. I really can't even think about travelling by train with all this insecurities its so bad that i get so scared travelling by land from onitsha to owerri

Person no fit deh travel again?

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OP it is surprising to see that so little attention is being paid to this explosive news story, but one can assume that the Nigeran mentality of "It is well" is once again at play, whereby people simply choose to ignore news that is worrisome because the events described do not affect them personally. That head-in-the-sand attitude is commonplace in Nigeria, but personally, I prefer to know where danger lies, so as to avoid it as best I can.