Sections of the Abuja-Kaduna rail track that were destroyed by bandits in March are currently under repair.
Yakub Mahmood, deputy director of Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) public relations, disclosed this on Friday.
“Work is ongoing on the Abuja-Kaduna rail tracks. The railway engineers are repairing the destroyed sections,” Mahmood said.
Mahmood however refuses to give a definite timeline for the completion of repairs
“I can’t say when the work will be finished but it will be completed soon”, he said.
The Abuja-Kaduna rail track was attacked and blown up by gunmen when they attacked a Kaduna-bound train on March 28.
Explosives were said to have been planted on the rail track.
The attack occurred around Kateri-Rijana area of Kaduna — close to the train’s final stop.
Several passengers aboard the train were killed by the gunmen while many sustained varying degrees of injuries, and some were abducted.
This led to a massive outcry from several Nigerians on the increasing level of insecurity.
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) subsequently suspended its Abuja-Kaduna train operations following the attack.
As of April 3, eight deaths had been confirmed by the NRC, while 22 persons were declared “still missing”.
The abductors had also reached out to family members of captives to demand various amounts as ransom.
