By Ola ‘Kiya, Reporting
Over 300 passengers onboard a passenger train from Warri to Itakpe, on Sunday, escaped death, after it derailed in Kogi forest.
The derailment forced many of the passengers to abandon the train in fear of kidnapping as recorded a fortnight ago at the Edo Train Station.
It was gathered that the derailment was caused by some criminals who had cut the rail line in the forest.
It was gathered that the train left Warri early on Sunday morning, but got derailed at about 12noon inside the thick forest between Ajaokuta and Itakpe.
A former Chairman of the Bayelsa Vigilante Agency, Prince Douye Koroye, who was in VIP, alleged that it might be a case of suspected terrorists cutting the rail line, a situation that might have culminated in the train derailng because it was on a high speed.
The former Special Adviser to the Bayelsa State government on Youth and Community Development, revealed that four coaches and the head coach of the train are badly damaged beyond repair.
He said the stranded passengers were told by the officials of the Nigeria Railway Corporation to remain calm and sit back in the train while they mobilised for help.
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