The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has suspended the Warri-Itakpe train service following a minor derailment that occurred late Sunday night.Â
The incident took place around 10 pm at the Okpara station, located in the Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State.
As a result of the derailment, passengers were left stranded overnight.
In a statement issued on Monday, Yakub Mahmood, NRC’s Deputy Director of Public Relations, reassured the public that services would resume in the afternoon.
He added that a team of engineers was already on-site working to restore the damaged track.
The suspension comes just months after a similar derailment along the same route in July, which caused another disruption in train operations.
The train involved in Sunday’s incident was traveling from Itakpe in Kogi State to Ujevwu in Delta State.
Despite the setback, NRC confirmed that the Itakpe-Warri train service would continue as scheduled in the afternoon, once repairs were completed.
