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nigeria agency in charge of railway
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transportation the Nigerian Railway
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Corporation NRC has suspended train
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service operations for 72 hours on
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Warrior attack pay route after the train
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engines developed fault abandoning
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scores of passengers inside the forests
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on Tuesday with the transport agency
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confirming in a statement on Thursday
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that emergency recovery protocols were
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activated immediately but the recovery
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efforts also suffered setbacks due to
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engine failures nrc stated that the
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passengers were safely evacuated and
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guided off with security operatives from
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the scene of the faulty train to waiting
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cars approximately 500 m from the track
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some of the passengers that were
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affected like Kola Edokpe and Isaac
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Danladi Gabber in a video statements
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recorded by themselves while walking out
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of the forests said that they tked more
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than an hour before they could get a
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vehicle to continue their journey by
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road acting spokesperson of the
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corporation Henrieta Era in a press
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release signed and made available on
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Thursday said that the train servicing
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the Warrior Tacay route developed a
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fault on Tuesday leading to disruption
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of the scheduled train movements the
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disruption commenced at approximately
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1:38 p.m and affected both the 8:00 a.m
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departure from worry and the 2 p.m train
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from attack pay emergency recovery
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protocols were immediately activated but
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also suffered a setback due to engine
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failures following the incident the NRC
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swiftly arranged for the safe evacuation
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of all passengers via road transport
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with adequate security presence
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passengers were guided off the affected
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train to waiting cars approximately 500
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m from the track some passengers chose
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to arrange their transportation before
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the arrival of official recovery
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vehicles a decision NRC understands
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given the delay in view of the situation
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the NRC has suspended operations on the
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Warrior Tac pay route for 72 hours this
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pause will allow our technical team to
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conduct a full audit resolve all
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identified issues and restore safe and
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reliable service all passengers with
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tickets for the affected services are
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eligible for a full refund or
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revalidation for future travel based on
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their preference detailed information on
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the refund and revalidation process is
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available on our online ticketing
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platforms via our customer service lines
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and at all NRC stations the Nigerian
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Railway Corporation takes full
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responsibility and is actively working
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to restore normal operations as quickly
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as possible we remain committed to the
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safety reliability and comfort of our
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passengers NRC stated one of the
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stranded train passengers Isaac Danladi
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Garvis said via his Facebook account
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that yesterday I experienced my first
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regret regarding a train ride the train
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broke down in a dangerous area and with
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over 1,000 passengers on board we had to
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trek for more than 3 hours to reach a
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point where vehicles could take us to
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our respective destinations at an extra
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cost children women and men of all ages
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were affected by this difficult
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experience which was caused by poor
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management by the Nigerian Railway
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Corporation the government must
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prioritize transportation safety and the
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well-being of its citizens instead of
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neglecting these crucial
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again that is the kind of country we are
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you know how this place
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so we are experiencing a field train
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um we have to trek for a long distance
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for like 1 hour distance
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before we get to our destination
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