Kayode Opeifa, the managing director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, claimed on Monday that he had accepted full responsibility for the Tuesday derailment of the Abuja-Kaduna train along the Kaduna corridor.
Opeifa, who spoke on Wednesday’s appearance on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief, asserted that the ongoing investigation into the incident would not be swept under the carpet.
“Aside from apologizing to Nigeria, I want to assert that I accept full responsibility as the managing director and chief executive.” There is no indifference in the context of safety.
The CEO must assume accountability once it occurs. I’m taking responsibility in this situation, Opeifa said.
He added, however, that the NRC would prevent a repeat incident even though it should not have occurred.
An incident like this is not anticipated, is not anticipated, should occur, but where it occurs is to bring out the best in us, I want to assure Nigerians.
“And I can assure Nigerians that we shut down the Warri-Itakpe (route) three weeks ago, just as we are doing right now on the Warri-Itakpe, which he (the analyst) also mentioned.
According to him, “I ordered the shutdown for safety reasons, and replacing the track with a new one is to ensure things like this don’t happen,” he continued.
The incident took place on Tuesday along the Kaduna corridor shortly after the train left Abuja and headed to Kaduna.
A passenger on the train described the chaotic situation with people fleeing to safety.
Source: Channels TV
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