Obi of Onitsha reveals how he missed train bombed by bandits in Kaduna

The Obi of Onitsha, Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe, has revealed how he narrowly missed the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna passenger train attacked by bandits on Monday night.

At least eight passengers died and more than 30 others injured when an Improvised Explosive Device (EID) planted by bandits in the train went off and caused it to derail around the Kateri-Rijana area of Kaduna State.

Achebe, who addressed Igbo leaders under the aegis of Ahamefuna Socio-cultural organisation at a meeting in Enugu on Saturday, said a phone call inviting him for an emergency caused him to abort the journey.

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He said: “I was among the passengers meant to be on the train last Monday because I had a meeting I was supposed to attend. I was already at the train station when I got a call over an emergency and I had to leave the station to attend to it.”

The monarch decried the problem of insecurity in Nigeria.

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