An Ijoko to Iddo bound Mass Transit Train crushed a beggar to death near the Mushin railway station in Lagos on Monday morning.
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Monday confirmed the incident.
The Lagos District Manager (RDM) of the corporation, Mr Jerry Oche, made the confirmation while addressing newsmen on the incident in Lagos.
The unidentified beggar was one of the six beggars who sat in a row near the railway line at the Mushin Railway corridor.
Oche said that the life of every Nigerian is important to the corporation, advising people to endeavour to obey the order and signs attached to the rail lines.
According to him, it is against the law to sit or trade beside the railway line, either begging for alms or for any other reason.
He warned traders, hawkers, beggars and passersby to stay away from the rail lines across the state to avoid a recurrence of the incident.
“Anybody who has no business entering the train should not be on the rail corridor, because it is very dangerous.
“It’s like a suicide mission seeing a train approaching and you are still sitting down on the track,” he said.
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