Nigerian Railway Corporation has said it had still not been able to establish contact with 163 passengers and seven crew members who boarded the AK9 Abuja-Kaduna train that was attacked by terrorists on March 28, 2022.
NRC’s Managing Director, Fidet Okhiria, made this known in the sixth update from the corporation with respect to the train attack.
He, however, stated that 191 passengers had been confirmed safe and were in their various homes with their families, adding that work was ongoing to get the rail line back to operations.
Asked on the status of the 362 validated passengers who boarded the train, Okhiria said, “191 persons on the manifest are now confirmed safe and at their various homes. Additional five persons confirmed safe today.
“46 phone numbers on the manifest are still either switched off or not reachable since Tuesday morning 33 phone numbers on the manifest are ringing but still no response from the other end.
“62 phone numbers on the manifest when called response non-existent. 22 persons are reported missing by their relatives. Eight persons confirmed dead.”
Fidet Okhiria said there was a total of 20 crew members, adding that seven crew members are safe and one missing. “There were a total of 20 train crew on board. Seven (are) NRC staff, five are okay and two are missing.
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