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The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has identified mediocre attraction and faulty power factors for the Abuja–Kaduna bid derailment which occurred astatine Asham Station connected August 26, 2025.
NSIB’s preliminary findings, revealed connected Wednesday, showed that the derailment was triggered by defective infrastructure and lapses successful information absorption by the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC).
The bureau stressed that the findings were preliminary and taxable to further analysis, with a last study expected to supply deeper conclusions and further information measures.
The study showed that the derailment, occurred soon aft the bid passed a manually operated power constituent that had been antecedently declared unserviceable.
NSIB investigators revealed that immoderate of the way sleepers damaged during the earlier derailment astir 13 months agone and were lone patched alternatively of being afloat replaced, portion the constituent clip utilized to unafraid the power was breached astatine the clip of the incident.
The study besides highlighted that the bid drivers were qualified, but had lone received archetypal grooming without ceremonial refresher courses, noting that captious instrumentality specified arsenic CCTV cameras, connection devices, and clocks were besides defective.
The reports further said operational and attraction tools, including spare parts from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) were mostly inaccessible.
The NSIB further issued information recommendations, urging the NRC to regenerate each compromised sleepers, instal OEM-standard constituent switches on the Abuja–Kaduna route, and reconstruct each defective monitoring equipment.
The study besides recommended regular refresher grooming for NRC unit to forestall further accidents.
LEADERSHIP recalls that 21 passengers sustained injuries, portion nary lives were mislaid among the 618 radical connected committee of the ill-fated train service.
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