March 29, (THEWILL) – A former deputy governor of Zamfara state, Ibrahim Wakkala, sustained gunshot wounds from the attack on a train going to Kaduna from Abuja.
An aide of the former deputy governor, Yusuf Idris, who confirmed the development, said Wakkala was returning from the APC national convention that held on Saturday.
Idris said Wakkala was initially abducted by the gunmen, but was rescued by the military and the Department of State Services (DSS).
He said it was during the rescue operation that Wakkala sustained a gunshot wound.
“He was initially abducted, but was rescued by the DSS and military, it was during the process he sustained gunshot injury in the leg. He is very okay now, he is receiving treatment at the hospital in Kaduna state”, he said.
THEWILL reports that the Kaduna-bound train with an unspecified number of passengers on board was on Monday night attacked by terrorists.
The attack came a few days after the terrorists attacked the Kaduna International Airport, where an aircraft was prevented from taking off.
The 6pm train, which took off from Idu Train Station at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), reportedly hit explosive device about 30 minutes to Rigasa train station in Kaduna.
The gunmen were said to have blown up the rail track, forcing the 1000-capacity train to derail around Rijana, a village on the rail corridor in Kaduna.
Kaduna State Commissioner for Home Affairs and Internal Security, Samuel Aruwan, on Tuesday said the train had been secured by military personnel, and that government had evacuated passenger on board the train.
He said staff of Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (KADSEMA) and Nigeria Red Cross, Kaduna
The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has suspended its operations along Abuja-Kaduna route.
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