The Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC has quashed rumors of an attempted theft of railway coaches in Maiduguri, Borno state.
The NRC assured the public that such reports were baseless, and the railway coaches are secure, adding that the people moving the coaches were doing so in an official capacity.
He said the coaches were being moved by officials of the NRC to the Corporation’s Running Shed in Jos, Plateau State, to be overhauled and returned to operation.
The Managing Director, NRC, Mr Fidet Okhiria, made this clarification in a statement in Lagos.
This is coming against reports at the weekend, claiming that unknown assailants had attempted to steal railway coaches from the Maiduguri railway station.
The NRC management clarified what it called an erroneous report by stating that the said Coaches are officially being moved to the NRC Running Shed in Jos, Plateau State, to be overhauled and returned to operation as the NRC is trying to extend Rail Mass Transit nationwide.
