The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Monday confirmed a passenger train crushed a beggar to death at Muslim area of Lagos.
Mr
Jerry Oche, the Lagos District Manager (RDM) of the corporation, made
confirmation while addressing newsmen on the incident in Lagos.
The
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that an Ijoko to Iddo bound Mass
Transit Train crushed a beggar to death near the Mushin railway station
on Monday morning.
NAN reports that the unidentified beggar was
one of the six beggars that sat in a row near the railway line at the
Mushin Railway corridor.
Oche said life of every Nigerian was
important to the corporation, advising people to endeavour to obey the
order and signs attached to the rail lines.
According to him, it
is against the law to sit or trade besides the railway line, either
begging for alms or for any other reason.
Oche, however, warned
traders, hawkers, beggars, and passersby to stay away from the rail
lines across the state to avoid casualty.
“Anybody who has no business entering the train should not be on the rail corridor, because it is very dangerous.
“It’s like a suicide mission seeing a train approaching and you are still sitting down on the track,” he said. (NAN)
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