A former Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, Thursday morning narrated how he and other passengers escaped death when the Abuja-Kaduna train he boarded was attacked with explosives.
Senator Sani in a tweet said: “It took a miracle” for him and other passengers on the train to escape.
The former senator said bandits opened fire on the train on Wednesday night in another attack.
“Yesterday, terrorists attacked the Kaduna Abuja railway with an explosive and opened fire on the train, targeting the Engine Driver and the Tank,” he tweeted.
“This morning, I was on board when our train ran over another explosive [and it] damaged [the] rail. It took a miracle for us to escape.”
“Yesterday,terrorists attacked the Kaduna Abuja railway with an explosive & opened fire on the train,targeting the Engine Driver & the Tank.This morning, I was on board when our train ran over another explosive damaged rail. It took a miracle for us to escape.”
However, it was reported Wednesday night that a train broke down around 8:00 pm after its engine collapsed.There are no reports of gunfire or of the attackers invading the train after it came to a halt.
A backup train reportedly got to the passengers around 12:15 am and safely took all on board to Kaduna
