Commuters trek through röugh and unfamiliar route as train breaks down in Kogi forest

A routine rail journey to Abuja turned into a harrowing experience on Wednesday after a train travelling through Kogi State broke down in a remote forested area, leaving passengers stranded for hours and forcing many to trek through rough and unfamiliar route.

Among the stranded commuters was Marxist activist Kola Edokpayi, who shared a video explaining the ordeal.

According to Edokpayi, he had opted to travel by train from Agbor, Delta State to Itakpe, Kogi State after being unable to secure a flight to Abuja.

However, the journey took a dramatic turn when the train reportedly developed technical faults in what passengers described as an “evil forest”, which lacked mobile network coverage.

Sharing the video, Edokpayi wrote:

“I couldn’t get a flight to Abuja today so I decided to board train from Agbor to Itakpe, Kogi State enroute Abuja. On getting to an evil forest without a network in Kogi, the train developed technical issues that couldn’t be fixed immediately.

“Passengers became apprehensive while stranded in the forest dominated by herders and their cows. We decided to embark upon an endurance trek to quickly get to town. We trekked for more than 3 hours and still trek to the train station.

“What interests me is that all the herders in the forest we encountered were so friendly and they assisted us while we were navigating in the evil forest

“The Federal Government needs to be proactive enough to ensure that the trains are in a better state for the safety of passengers.

“Airline operators go dey cancel flight anyhow, we fear kidnappers for road way still bad, Train day spoil for evil forest dominated by herders.” [CONTINUE READING HERE]>>>>