By; MATTHEW UKACHUNWA, Lagos
The Ibadan to Lagos-bound standard gauge railway train which haulted on its way on Thursday was caused by technical fault on the fuelling system, not as a result of insufficient fuel.
Passengers were stranded on the way as a result of the development.
The management of Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) made the clarification in response to the misunderstanding the public had concerning the development.
In a news statement titled, “Ibadan-Lagos Standard Gauge Passenger Train Failure,” which was issued on 11th March 2022, NRC apologized for the embarrassment and inconvenience the locomotive failure caused passengers.
“The Board and Management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation attention has been drawn to a viral video on social media platforms on the failure of our train locomotive which left our valued passengers stranded for sometime on Ibadan to Lagos standard gauge morning train service.
“We wish to first and foremost tender our unreserved apology for the interruption in our operations which led to the extension of our journey time schedule of the said train.
“However, the Management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC)states here categorically that the locomotive failure was a result of technical fault, is not as a result of insufficient fuel as the general public were made to believe,” NRC’s Deputy Director, Public Relations, Yakub Mahmood, wrote in the news release.
He stressed that there was sufficient fuel in the locomotive fuel tank of the train for convenient and timely journey from Ibadan to Lagos, “but, in order to be proactive our staff immediately sourced fuel under the suspicion it was fuel shortage which was later discovered to be technical fault on the fueling system, not fuel insufficiency.”
The management of Nigerian Railway Corporation appealled to the general public, especially the passengers, to continue to have faith in the train operations, because doing so will motivate the organization to render better services.
“Once again, kindly accept our unreserved apology for the inconveniences caused by that sudden and unforeseen Ibadan to Lagos standard gauge passenger train failure on Thursday 10th March, 2022,” NRC beckoned.
