The Kaduna State government says it has concluded evacuation of passengers on the trapped Kaduna-bound train from Abuja with the efforts of the security forces, officials of Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and the Nigerian Red Cross.
According to a statement from the office of the state ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, the passengers were evacuated from different hard-to-reach areas in forests and rocky locations in Audujongom, off the Kaduna-Abuja Road.
Passengers who sustained injuries, and other fatalities, have been moved to hospitals.
The state government commended all those who participated in the evacuation, and appealed to the hospitals to attend to the victims diligently.
The government also directed the Ministry of Health to be in contact with the hospitals as government will bear the cost of their treatment.
