The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, LAMATA, has reacted to the viral video of four people purportedly pushing one of the train sets to be deployed for passenger operations for the Lagos Rail Mass Transit, LRMT, Blue Line.
LAMATA urged members of the public to disregard the video in it’s entirety, describing it as an obviously doctored video clip.
WITHIN NIGERIA had reported that the viral video which has stirred reactions from Nigerians online showed officials of the Lagos State Rail Transport pushing a train.
Reacting to the development, Consultant, Corporate Communication, Kolawole Ojelabi, on Sunday, described the video as misleading.
Ojelabi said, “The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, LAMATA, is in receipt of an obviously doctored video clip showing four people purportedly pushing one of the train sets to be deployed for passenger operations for the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line.
“From our investigation, we discovered that the train was clearly moving and these people purportedly “pushing” the train were behind it doing “God knows what.”
“Let’s be smart here: from the average length of the trains, even 20 people can’t push it. Four people can’t push a container truck, talk less of a four-car train set.
“We appeal to our online community to be wary of those who are bent on doing everything possible to discredit the rail project.
“For those who have interacted with the rail system, it is obviously a game changer.”