This latest update is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Lagos by Okhiria.
The Ak9 train was attacked by terrorists on March 28 at Kateri-Rijana area of Kaduna State.
According to Okhiria, a total of 362 validated passengers were on board the attacked AK9 train service
“No fewer than 186 persons on the manifest are confirmed to be safe and at their various homes with additional 14 persons confirmed safe today.
“Also, 51 phone numbers on the manifest are either switched off or not reachable since Tuesday morning. A total of 35 phone numbers on the manifest are ringing but no response from the other end.
“Another 60 phone numbers on the manifest when called respond non-existent. A total of 22 persons are reported missing by their relatives while eight persons confirmed dead.
“Two coaches (SP 00016 and SP 00017) earlier re-railed were safely moved to Rigasa station, bringing the total number of recovered coaches safely moved to NRC stations to seven,”Okhiria said.
He said that intensive work continues on track repairs, adding that more concrete sleepers were moved to site while some section of the twisted tracks had been straightened.
Okhiria expressed the gratitude of the NRC management to the security agencies for all the support, adding “the management also appreciated the visit of the Squadron Commander of MOPOL 1, Kaduna, to the accident site on Monday.
The NRC boss reassured that the corporation would continue to update the general public of the developments to prevent misleading information and falsehood.
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