* Senator, hundreds of others lucky to escape
A former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central in the 8th Senate, Shehu Sani, on Thursday, narrated how he escaped death when the train he boarded traversing the Kaduna-Abuja rail was bombed.
According to Sani, the train ran over an explosive, which subsequently “damaged Kaduna-Abuja rail track” and “it took a miracle for us to escape”.
Sani made this claim via his verified Twitter handle while noting that a similar incident happened on Wednesday.
“Yesterday, terrorists attacked the Kaduna Abuja railway with an explosive & opened fire on the train, targeting the Engine Driver & the Tank. This morning, I was on board when our train ran over another explosive damaged rail track. It took a miracle for us to escape,” Sani wrote.
Sen Sani, other passengers rattled by the incident
Meanwhile, the management of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) confirmed that the rail tracks for the Kaduna-Abuja train services were in the evening of Wednesday blown up by explosives planted on the tracks by yet to be identified persons.
The Managing Director of NRC, Engineer Fidet Okhiria, explained that the explosives damaged the rail tracks somewhere between Dutse and Rijana.
“Yes, there was an explosive on our rail track somewhere around Rijana and Dutse last night, and this damaged the tracks,” the NRC boss said.
“Efforts are currently ongoing to ensure that the train services along the Kaduna-Abuja route are fully restored,” he assured.