The Kaduna State Government has announced an update on the terrorists attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train.
They report that all the passengers have been successfully evacuated by the Nigerian security agents.
The update was given by the Commissioner for Internal Security and home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan gave the update in a statement on Tuesday in Kaduna.
Terrorists had allegedly planted explosives in the rail tracks of the Abuja-Kaduna bound train loaded with 970 passengers.
Haven taken off at about 6:00pm from Idu train station at Abuja on Monday, the train hit an explosive 30 minutes to Rigasa train station in Kaduna.
According to the commissioner, security operatives have rescued and evacuated the stranded passengers from forests and rocky locations close to the scene of the attack.
Aruwan disclosed that passengers who sustained injuries have been moved to hospitals and their medical bills would be footed by the state government.
The commissioner added that the state government is still liaising with the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) to ascertain the list from the passengers’ manifest for efficient tracking
He also disclosed that search-and-rescue operations were still ongoing in the general area as of Tuesday morning.
The statement: “Evacuation of passengers on the trapped Kaduna-bound train from Abuja has been concluded this morning by security forces, officials of Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and Nigerian Red Cross.
“Passengers who sustained injuries, and other fatalities, have been moved to hospitals.
“The passengers were evacuated from different hard-to-reach areas in forests and rocky locations in Audujongom, off the Kaduna-Abuja Road.
“As stated yesterday, the Kaduna State Government is still liaising with the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) to ascertain the list from the passengers manifest for efficient tracking.
“Governor Nasir El-Rufai who commended all those who participated in the evacuation appealed to the hospitals to attend to the victims diligently.
“The Governor also directed the Ministry of Health to be in contact with the hospitals as the government will bear the cost of their treatment.
“As of the time of this update, search-and-rescue operations are in progress.”
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