In the early hours of today, the Kaduna to Abuja train broke down in the middle of a forest which happened few minutes after the train left Rigasa station in Kaduna state which left hundreds of passengers stranded.
According to a passenger, at around 7am he claimed that the train had stopped twice before it finally broke down in Dutse, Kaduna state.
The Managing Director of the Railway station (Fidelis Okhira) stated via text message that the train broke down as a result of engine failure but said a relief engine has taken over.
However, passengers have continued to lament the rigours of travelling on the route as breakdowns of the locomotive leave them stranded for hours and other similar experience has been reported by a lot of the passengers.
An NRC engineer, who addressed the passengers, told them that it would take them two hours to fix the train.
