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Edo State Government has said 20 passengers were abducted from a train station in the state and not 32 as widely reported. Some gunmen attacked Tom Ikimi/Ekehen station in Igueben on Saturday, kidnapping several passengers. SaharaReporters reported on Tuesday that seven of the kidnapped victims had regained their freedom. Giving an update, Chris Nehikhare, the state communication and orientation commissioner, confirmed that seven of the abductees had been rescued but added that 13 victims were still being held by the kidnappers and not 25.

Thirty suspected vandals of railway tracks have been arrested by the operatives of the Railway Command of the Nigeria Police Force.

The Nigeria Railway Corporation has suspended the Lagos-Kano and Ajaokuta train services due to fear of terrorist attacks. Multiple sources in the Ministry of Transportation and the NRC confided in one of our correspondents that the train services would not resume until the security along the Lagos-Kano route and the Ajaokuta train station was guaranteed.…

Upon their arrest by the Railway Police Command, three trucks loaded with railway slippers, steel and clips were recovered from the suspects.

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has posted Assistant Inspector-General of Police John Ogbonaya Amadi as Ag. DIG Department of Research and