A train plying the Warri-Itakpe route has derailed, forcing many passengers to be stranded.
It is said to be the same train where passengers were abducted from at its station in Igueben, Edo State.
It was gathered that the incident happened inside Kogi forest.
Several passengers were said to have abandoned the train for fear of being kidnapped.
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It was gathered that the train left Warri early Sunday and got derailed at around 12pm inside the forest between Ajaokuta and Itakpe.
According to a staff member of the Nigerian Railway Corporation at the Itakpe Station, the incident took place at about 20km from the the destination of the train.
