Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi has described as devastating for him the attacks on the Kaduna-Abuja train Monday night.
Amaechi, who was at the site of the attacks on Tuesday, said he was touched by what he saw.
He said, “I am devastated, heartbroken by what I saw on a visit to the site of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack in company of the Minister of State for Transportation, Sen. Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki and the Minister for Police Affairs, Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi.”
The minister called on all agencies involved with the installation of necessary devices to ensure adequate monitoring of the rail tracks to speed up action to end such attacks.
He said, “My thoughts & prayers are with the victims of this dastardly attack & their families.
Again, I call on all Agencies that need to give approvals for the surveillance equipment & sensors for effective monitoring of the rail tracks to do so quickly, to forestall attacks like this.”