The Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC, has suspended its services due to unforeseen circumstances.
NRC made this known in a terse statement on its Twitter page.
The NRC wrote on Tuesday, “Dear passengers, due to unforeseen circumstances, train operations along the Abuja-Kaduna route has been temporarily suspended.
“Further communication would be given in due course.”
This is coming after bandits blew up train rails and attacked the 6pm train heading to Kaduna from Abuja,
Many are feared kidnapped, while others sustained injury during the attack.
Confirming the incident, NRC through its Managing Director Mr Fidet Okhiria, said, ”We have confirmed the attack, but we cannot give you much information right now.
”From the reports we have gotten, most of the passengers have gone into hiding and the officials on board are yet to give us a report of the situation.
”There are reports of gunshots and the train derailed due to the attack,”
