NRC blow hot, vow to tackle ticket racketeering 

By Seun Ibiyemi 

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has said it will address ticket racketeering at the Abuja-Kaduna Train Service (AKTS).

The Deputy Director, Public Relations of NRC, Yakub Mahmood gave the assurance in a statement in Lagos.

“Information has reached the management of the NRC on difficulties of passengers in obtaining tickets online resulting in ticket racketeering on the Abuja-Kaduna Train Service (AKTS) in recent times.

“In order to arrest the ugly situation, the management has set up a team headed by the deputy director of  ICT to investigate.

“In the meantime, the Managing Director of NRC, Mr Freeborn Okhiria, has directed  Mr Mohammed Modibo Ibrahim to report and take over as the Manager of the AKTS with immediate effect,” he said.

He appealed to the general public, especially the passengers, to bear with the NRC, saying that the situation would soon be brought under control.

“The Managing Director also directed the director  of operation to increase train service frequencies on the route within the next two weeks,” he said.