Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has arrived in Kaduna State.

The Vice President is on a condolence visit to the state following bandits’ attack on an Abuja-Kaduna-bound train conveying hundreds of travellers.

Many of the travelers were killed in the attack and others were abducted.

The Vice-President was received at Kaduna Airport by the State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai. He is expected to visit victims of the attacks at 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital and Saint Gerald’s Catholic hospital both in the Kaduna state capital.

Following the bandit attack, security agents have been deployed to the scene while the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has suspended train operations along the Abuja-Kaduna route till further notice.

Meanwhile, the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Lucky Irabor as well as the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali were earlier at the scene of the attack. (Channels TV)

•Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo was received at the airport by the state governor, Nasir El-Rufai on Tuesday, March 29, 2022

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