Security forces, officials of Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and Nigerian Red Cross have successfully evacuated passengers on the trapped Kaduna-bound train from Abuja.
Kaduna State Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said passengers who sustained injuries, and other fatalities, had been moved to hospitals.
He added that the passengers were evacuated from different hard-to-reach areas in forests and rocky locations in Audujongom, off the Kaduna-Abuja Road.
As stated on Monday, the Kaduna State Government, he said was still liaising with the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) to ascertain the list from the passengers manifest for efficient tracking.
Governor Nasir el-Rufai, who commended all those who participated in the evacuation, appealed to the hospitals to attend to the victims diligently.
The Governor also directed the Ministry of Health to be in contact with the hospitals as government would bear the cost of their treatment.
As of the time of this update, search-and-rescue operations were in progress.
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