• Edo Govt Visits Family Of Late Police Rescuer • Abductions Scaring Passengers Away, Says Akerele • Nigeria Needs Minimum Security Checklist For Rail Operations — Opeifa • ‘NRC Should Be Unbundled To Encourage Private Sector Driven Solutions’ With last Saturday’s kidnap of 20 train passengers at the Tom Ikimi/Ekehen Station in Igueben, Edo State […]
• Edo Govt Visits Family Of Late Police Rescuer • Abductions Scaring Passengers Away, Says Akerele • Nigeria Needs Minimum Security Checklist For Rail Operations — Opeifa • ‘NRC Should Be Unbundled To Encourage Private Sector Driven Solutions’ With last Saturday’s kidnap of 20 train passengers at the Tom Ikimi/Ekehen Station in Igueben, Edo State…Away, Says Akerele • Nigeria Needs Minimum Security Checklist For Rail OperationsWith last Saturday’s kidnap of 20 train passengers at the Tom...
President Muhammadu Buhari had said the current administration was vigorously pursuing the implementation of a 25-year Strategic Railway Master Plan. On March 28, 2022, a passenger train on the Abuja-Kaduna railway with over 400 persons on board derailed when a bomb exploded on the tracks. This led to the death of about nine persons, kidnapping of 62 passengers while many others sustained bullet wounds. Many of the victims, who spent eight months in the kidnappers’ den, and their loved ones, are yet to recover from the shock.
Minister of State for Transportation, Prince Adegoroye, had during a visit to Igueben station said the government would take proactive measures to forestall further attack on train station in the country and ensure safety of passengers and facilities. He hinted that one of such steps would be the establishment of a collaborative initiative between the NRC and the host communities to ensure that security is beefed up at the railway stations.
Akerele said: “What we presently have is private sector driven train transportation that is not organised or is mass transit in nature. This has to be incorporated properly into the design. “How do you explain that the NRC is both the operator and regulator. If there must be any meaningful progress, the Federal Government must as a matter of urgency unbundle the sector.”
“Let it be established that terrorist attacks on transportation assets are not new or limited to Nigeria as the sector meets all the requirements of terrorist soft targets. Examples abound worldwide. “We need to deepen on lesson learnt from the last twin terrorist attacks on the AKTS rail line to prevent the next one. While deploying technology, we need serious engagement with host communities along rail infrastructure installation as part of our intelligence gathering system for a more secured corridor.
“The company needs to put an enduring security system in place. Also, they have to look at their schedule. There is need to avoid night journeys, especially at this time when insecurity reigns. Briefing newsmen in the state on the latest development on the Igueben kidnap incident, the Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, said the Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu, some top government officials and security officers paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Adams and expressed sadness over the incident.
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