Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC confirms that a train conveying passengers from Abuja to Kaduna has derailed after Kubwa in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Below is short statement signed by NRC Managing Director, Kayode Opeifa:
NRC confirms a train derailment involving its Kaduna-bound AKTS train service at about 11.09 at KM 49 between Kubwa station and Asham station.
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Emergency rescue, medical personnel, and nearby hospitals have already been mobilised.

Full compliment of security already on ground as effort is ongoing to move all passengers on train back to Abuja safely.
Kindly bear with us at this moment.
Kayode Opeifa
MD NRC
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)