Nigeria’s Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, on Thursday ordered the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau ( NSIB), to probe the immediate cause of the train accident which occured on Thursday morning in Lagos.
A passenger train enroute Lagos to Abeokuta rammed into a Lagos State government staff bus conveying 85 passengers to work at the Shogunle area of Oshodi in Lagos State, killing six occupants of the bus and injured several others.
Special Assistant on public affairs, to the honourable minister, James Odaudu, in a press statement said the minister described the accident as an “unfortunate” occurrence, while directing the NSIB, to commence investigation on the incident.
“Following the report of a collision of a passenger train and a bus conveying workers to their work places in Lagos Thursday morning, Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has directed the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau experts to commence Immediate investigation into the accident,” the statement said.
According to him, Sirika assured the public of the capacity of the NSIB to unravel the immediate and remote causes of the accident and proffer ways of preventing such in the future.
The minister called on the public to assist the NSIB team in their investigations.
“Sirika commiserates with the government and people of Lagos state, especially those who have lost their loved ones, on the sad event, and prays for the quick recovery of those injured in the accident.” The statement said.
