The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has refuted reports of the suspension of train services on the Itakpe-Warri axis after an attack by gunmen on Ekehen Train Station in the Igbuebem Local Government Area (LGA) of Edo State.
The corporation said train services are still ongoing and that reports stating otherwise are false.
The Managing Director of NRC, Fidet Okhiria, made the clarification in an interview with Channels Television.
He confirmed that there was an attack which the police and the NRC are currently looking into, but said the incident has not disrupted operations at the station.
“As I speak to you now, a train is running,” Okhiria said, adding that the railway corporation is putting in place measures to ensure the safety of passengers.
The police command in Edo State on Sunday had confirmed that suspected herdsmen stormed the station and kidnapped scores of passengers waiting to board a train to Warri, Delta State.
Spokesperson of the State Police Command, Chidi Nwabuzor, while confirming the incident, said the assault which took place on Saturday evening, left many persons injured.
According to the Police, the abductors, armed with AK-47 rifles, invaded the train station and shot indiscriminately into the air before abducting scores of intending travellers into the bush.