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BREAKING Bandits Bomb Abuja-Kaduna Train (PHOTO)
Armed bandits on Wednesday reportedly bombed a practice travelling between Abuja and Kaduna, inflicting technical damages on the nation’s main rail infrastructure.
Former Senator Shehu Sani mentioned a practice he rode between Kaduna and Abuja on Thursday morning practically derailed due to an explosive that broken a bit of the tracks.
Mr Sani, in a phone alternate with Peoples Gazette over the incident, mentioned the bandits have been concentrating on the trains to be able to get rid of passengers of their money and different invaluable possessions. He additionally mentioned the attackers opened hearth on the practice driver.
A spokesman for the Nigerian Railway in Abuja didn’t instantly return a request looking for feedback on Thursday morning.
Bandits have repeatedly focused the railway between the nation’s capital and the important thing northern metropolis, which has develop into the popular route for passengers looking for to keep away from the perilous three-hour journey by highway.
The lethal gangs have raided army bases and shot down no less than one reconnaissance jet of the Nigerian Air Pressure. Final week, The Wall Road Journal reported that the army paid a ransom to the bandits to forestall President Muhammadu Buhari’s aircraft from being shot down.
The president has repeatedly vowed to be ruthless in opposition to the attackers largely liable for widespread abduction and plunder of communities throughout Nigeria’s northwestern area.
However safety businesses are warning that the gangs have gotten extra armed with refined fight gear that might make it tougher to defeat them.
