The narrow gauge train plying the Warri-Itakpe route has reportedly derailed inside the forest between Ajaokuta and Itakpe, leaving many of the passengers stranded.
This is coming barely days after some passengers of the same train were abducted at the train station in Igueben, Edo State.
It was learnt that the train left Warri early on Sunday morning and got derailed at about 12:noon, which forced many of the passengers to abandoned the train for fear of being taken hostage.
A former Chairman of the Bayelsa Vigilante Agency, Prince Douye Koroye, who was in the VIP section of the train, alleged that it might be a case of suspected terrorists cutting the rail line, a situation that may have culminated in the train derailng because it was at high speed.
Koroye, who was also a former Special Adviser to the Bayelsa State Government on Youth and Community Development, revealed that four coaches and the head coach of the train are badly damaged beyond repair.
Koroye explained that the stranded passengers were told by the officials of the Nigeria Railway Corporation to remain calm and sit back in the train while they mobilised for help, adding that many passengers, as at the time of filing this report, are still stranded in the bush and are being protected by the security team in the train.