By: Admin
Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Railway Workers (NURW), Port Harcourt branch, Chika Njoku has alleged that transporters and not hoodlums may be responsible for the stealing and vandalization of some railway facilities at the Elelenwo axis of Port Harcourt.
It was reported that traders and passengers travelling from Port Harcourt to Aba by train are currently experiencing difficulties following Sunday’s incident.
A trip to Aba (Abia State) now by road costs around N1500 to N2000 as a result of the bad nature of the road, but costs only N200 by train.
Chika Njoku while noting that the latest incident was the fourth in recent times, lamented that whenever the stolen and destroyed facilities were replaced, the miscreants would strike.
“They vandalised the rail again which we have been trying to make sure that the communities and the chiefs should help us [secure]. I don’t know what is actually happening.
“Fix it today, tomorrow they will vandalise. We are not finding it funny at all. That Elelenwo axis, nobody knows who they are, and we can’t really tell what is happening.
“Sometimes, one begins to wonder if it is really the hoodlums. Sometimes I even suspect transporters, but I don’t really know. This is not the first time, not the second and not the third,” he said.
