Reports received this afternoon say that a Warri-Itakpe a passenger train derailed at about midday in Kogi forest resulting in many of the passengers to abandoning the train for fear of being kidnapped.
Unconfirmed reports say that criminals cut the rail line in the forest resulting in the derailment of the train.
Between 300 and 400 passengers of the derailed train were left stranded and in panic.
It was gathered that the train which left Warri early on Sunday morning got derailed at about 12:00pm 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 may have resulted in the train derailing because it was moving at a high speed.
The source, who was also 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 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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