The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has debunked the news trending on social media platforms that an attempt was made to steal its coaches in Maiduguri, Borno State
It explained that the said coaches are officially being moved to NRC Running Shed Jos, Plateau State to be overhauled and put back to operation.
A statement issued on Saturday by the Managing Director, NRC, Fidet Okhiria, read in part, stated that the attention of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), “has been drawn to a news trending on numerous social media platforms purported to have emanated from Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), in which it was reported that attempt was made to steal NRC coaches from Maiduguri,
“NRC management wishes to clarify this erroneous reportage by stating that the said coaches are officially being moved to NRC Running Shed Jos, Plateau State to be overhauled and putting them back to operation.
“NRC is trying to extend Rail Mass Transit all over the country,” the statement concluded.
