NRC Denies Knowledge Of Track Attack

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Thursday said that it had yet to be briefed on a clash in the Iju area of Lagos on Wednesday evening in which some of its passengers were injured.

The Lagos District Public Relations Officer of the NRC, Mr Ademuyiwa Adekambi, told newsmen in Lagos that he was not aware of the clash which had not been reported to the corporation.

The Tide source aboard the train reports that some passengers on board the Lagos-Ogun Mass Transit Train (MTT) were injured when some area boys in the Iju area of Lagos attacked some passengers who were sitting atop the train.

The correspondent reports that the incident occurred at about 7 p.m. as the Ogun-bound MTT slowed down while approaching the Iju Station, to allow for the passage of a Lagos-Ilorin passenger train.

Trouble began when a woman, who was with the area boys, screamed that her money had been picked, a development that made the area boys to hurl stones at the train.

Armed with dangerous weapons including bottles, nail-studded sticks and stones, the area boys aimed at the passengers who were sitting on top of the train, who they believed had the suspected thief.

The Tide source reports that some of the area boys came close to the train and inflicted injuries on some passengers who were seated in the train.

The passengers on top of the train responded by also hurling weapons at the attackers, an action that caused pandemonium in the train.

The Tide source reports that in the process, the window glasses of some of the coaches were shattered, injuring some of the passengers.