By Ola ‘Kiya, Reporting
A Lagos-bound train from Ibadan has been forced to a halt in a thick forest after discovering that a section of the rail track has been removed by suspected vandals.
The incident occurred early morning on Saturday.
The train departed the Obafemi Awolowo Train Station in Ibadan at 8:30 am on Saturday, Stonix News gathered.
The passengers on board were said to have been forced to stop somewhere before Funmilayo Ransom Kuti, at the Papalanto area of Ogun State, due to the alleged removal of some components on the railway track by some vandals.
A passenger, who is a lecturer at the University of Ibadan, Dr. Feyi Leo, said fear gripped her and other passengers, when the train was halted abruptly.
Leo said the train coming from Lagos to Ibadan was also forced to stop in the opposite direction.
She, however, said the two trains continued the journey after the damaged section was fixed.
“The trip was smooth and we had gone past the station at Abeokuta — moving towards Papalanto, when the train stopped and reversed some few metres.
“We were agitated and started asking questions. An announcement was made by the NRC official on board that, their technicians were fixing a fault on the track, and that it would not take long.
“True to their word, we left after 20 minutes of stoppage. But I was afraid while the whole thing lasted because of the materials on my laptop.
“There is no backup, and it would have been a huge loss if anything had happened to my laptop,” the Ibadan don lamented.
Meanwhile, a Twitter user, Ola Fatai Adeosun, had earlier tweeted the removal of a section of the rail track by vandals expressing fears that the passengers were stuck in the woods.
His words: “BREAKING: Travelers on Lagos-Ibadan, Ibadan-Lagos stuck in the middle of a forest, as rail tracks on the route has been removed!”
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