• It was caused by faulty tracks, says LASEMA
• Motorists, expert blame NRC for lack of maintenance
Save for providence, a train derailment ferrying over 2,000 people to the city centre would have marked the first major disaster in the New Year in Lagos State. At about 7:15a.m. a train moving en-route Ebute-Metta via Oshodi from Iju with full loaded passengers derailed from its tracks.
While many had thought no life was lost, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) however confirmed that one person died in the incident that occurred at Ashade railway crossing Agege.
Jerry Ochi, the Lagos Railway District Manager, told newsmen at the scene that the victim died at the NRC hospital at Ebute-Meta while receiving treatment. “Efforts have been put in place to restore normalcy at the scene of the incident,” he said.
