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Amaechi denies train attack report

by Adejayan Gbenga Gsong
February 17, 2020
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Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has taken to the social media to deny an online report that he escaped gunmen attack on Sunday night.

An online newspaper (Not WITHIN NIGERIA) had on Sunday night claimed that gunmen suspected to be kidnappers laid an ambush for train passengers who arrived the Rigasa, Kaduna train station from Abuja.

According to the report, Amaechi who was one of the hundreds of train passengers on hearing the gunshots quickly made a detour by reversing his convoy in the direction of Rigasa road to escape from the suspected kidnappers.

But while reacting to the report few minutes after the report surfaced; Amaechi tweeted via his Twitter handle @ChibuikeAmaechi to deny the story.

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“Fake news. This is completely concocted,” he wrote.

Fake News. This 👎🏿 is completely concocted https://t.co/872OKrcMi5

— Chibuike R. Amaechi (@ChibuikeAmaechi) February 16, 2020

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