The Warri‑Itakpe train service will resume operations on Monday, 24 April 2023, the station manager, Helma Sani, told our correspondent in Abuja. “We are resuming operation on Monday 24/4/2023,” she said.
In January 2023, a train on the Warri‑Itakpe route derailed in the Kogi forest, leaving 148 passengers and 38 crew members stranded. The train had departed Warri early on Sunday and derailed around noon between Ajaokuta and Itakpe. Many passengers abandoned the train out of fear of kidnapping. While the Delta and Kogi State police commands could not immediately confirm the incident, Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) Managing Director Fidet Okhiria confirmed it, stating that the stranded passengers had been evacuated. “The train derailed and we were able to move the passengers out of the place. We will announce when to commence operation again. Yes, we have evacuated the passengers,” he said.
Following the derailment, the NRC, through the coordinator of the Warri‑Itakpe train service, Sanni Abdulganiyu, suspended rail operations on the corridor until safety could be restored.
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