Kano-bound train derails in Osogbo
passenger train derailed in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State yesterday, preventing movement of other trains travelling to Kano State.
The incident occurred shortly after the ill-fated train left the Osogbo railway station, as some of the coaches fell to the roadside near the Nelson Mandela Freedom Park, where fun seekers usually sit for recreation.
The Police Public Relations Officer for Osun State Command, SP Folasade Odoro, told Daily Trust on Sunday that policemen were deployed to the scene to ensure safety of lives and to prevent hoodlums from looting properties or harassing the passengers.
It was gathered that the timely deployment of policemen to the scene led to the arrest of a bus conductor while the driver of the bus escaped after looting from the scene of the accident.
A white bus with registration number; EDO XN 408 BEN, in which the driver and his conductor parked the items that they looted from the train was impounded by the police.
Officials of the Nigerian Railway Corporation in Osogbo declined comments on the train mishap, saying that the matter was beyond them and that the NRC regional station in Ibadan, Oyo State, had been notified.
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