Kaduna Train Attack: TUC Chairman, Secretary-General Among Those Killed

Kaduna Train Attack: TUC Chairman, Secretary-General Among Those Killed

Members of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) were among those killed in Monday’s attack on a Kaduna bound train.

According to Daily Trust, the Secretary-General of the union, Barr. Musa-Lawal Ozigi, and TUC Chairman in Kwara, Comrade Akinsola Akinwunmi, were killed during the attack.

Some members of the union have reacted to the sad development.

“We lost our Sec. Gen. (Secretary-General) and the Kwara State Chairman,” a source in the TUC told Daily Trust.

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It was earlier reported how terrorists bombed a section of the Kaduna-Abuja rail track, forcing the train, which departed Abuja at 6pm on Monday to derail.

In the latest update on the rescue operation, Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said while eight corpses had been recovered, 26 people who were injured were receiving treatment.

He said according to the record obtained from the Nigerian Railway Corporation, 362 persons boarded the train.

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