Warri-Itakpe rail service resumes Monday, two months after derailment

The Warri-Itakpe Train Services would resume service on Monday, April 24, 2023 reports The Punch.

This was revealed to our correspondent in Abuja by the station manager, Helma Sani, on Monday.

He said, “We are resuming operation on Monday 24/4/2023.”

Recall that in January 2023, 148 passengers and 38 staff members on a train on the Warri-Itakpe line narrowly avoided death when the locomotive derailed inside the Kogi forest, leaving them (passengers) stranded. For fear of being kidnapped, many people reportedly got off the train.

According to information, the train left Warri early on Sunday and derailed at about midday inside a forest between Ajaokuta and Itakpe.
The managing director of Nigerian Railway Corporation, Fidet Okhiria, verified the occurrence after the Delta and Kogi State police commands were unable to do so right away.

The NRC boss said, “The train derailed and we were able to move the passengers out of the place. We will announce when to commence operation again. Yes, we have evacuated the passengers.”

As a result, the Nigerian Railway Corporation suspended train operations on the corridor through the Coordinator of the Warri Itakpe Train Service, Sanni Abdulganiyu.