The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Trade Union Congress (TUC), the Bank of Agriculture (BoA) have suffered heavy causalities from the Kaduna train attack which occurred on Monday.
Kabir Muhammed Adamu, the Managing Director of the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), has been reported missing after the terrorists attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train on Monday Night.
The Abuja-Kaduna train was attacked at a point between Katari and Rijana areas of Kaduna State.
8 people have been confirmed killed, 26 injured, while many were said to have been whisked away by the terrorists following the attack.
Mr Adamu, according to reports, was among the passengers on the train going to Kaduna.
“We cannot tell if he has been kidnapped or not but we are worried because we have been unable to reach him since yesterday.
“His phone lines have been switched off and no one has contacted the bank or any of his family members,” a source close to his family told The Nation on Tuesday.
In another development, the President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Quadri Olaleye, revealed that the secretary-general of the Trade Union Congress, Musa-Lawal Ozigi, as well as the Kwara State Chairman of the TUC, Akin Akinsola, have been killed by terrorists in the Kaduna train attack.
The statements reads: “Comrade Ozigi served in the capacity of General Secretary, Construction and Civil Engineering Senior Staff Association (CCESSA), an affiliate of TUC for almost two decades before he joined the Congress in 2012.
“Comrade Akinsola was a staff of Dangote Flour Mill under OLAM. They were both seasoned Trade Unionists.
“As it stands, nowhere is safe now – we can not travel by air, road is not safe and neither is the rail. Is Nigeria a failed state? It is unfortunate.
“The Congress condoles with the families and friends of our comrades and the good people of Kogi State for this irreparable loss.”
