Abuja-Kaduna train services resume November – FG

The Abuja-Kaduna train services suspended, following attack by terrorists, on March 28, 2022, are set to resume in November, according to the Federal Government.

Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, who disclosed this on Monday, while giving the score card of his ministry said adequate security has been put in place to ensure the safety of passengers. He, however, did not give any specific date for the resumption.

Sambo said the ministry has learnt enough lessons from the attack in March that led to the suspension of train service on the Abuja-Kaduna route.

The minister also noted that a system has been put in place that will ensure prompt monitoring of movements on the rail tracks.

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According to him, the system would afford President Muhammadu Buhari, concerned ministries and agencies as well as security agencies, the opportunity to see what goes on, on the tracks without delays.

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) suspended train service along the route after Boko Haram terrorists attacked a moving passenger train in Kaduna on March 28, 2022.

The terrorists had blown up the rail track and bombed the moving train, killing some and abducting more than 60 passengers. The unprecedented attack had attracted international and national outrage.

They later released the hostages piecemeal with the last batch released on October 5, 2022.