Police escort dies aboard Kaduna-Abuja train

A police escort attached to the Abuja-Kaduna train route reportedly died aboard the train while conveying passengers from Kaduna to Abuja on Thursday.

A source said the officer complained of chest pain before succumbing to the cold hands of death.

According to the source, “before a passenger, identified as a doctor, could attend to him to manage the situation, the police officer had already passed away.”

The police officer was said to have left home in good health before he complained of chest pain and asked his colleague to get him some glucose and water.

The source explained that there was no emergency medical care on the train, stressing that before a doctor, who was also a passenger, could come, the officer had already passed away.

A police team drove into the train station to retrieve the corpse for transportation to an undisclosed location, a few minutes after the train arrived in Abuja.

Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force Public Relations Officer, could not be reached for comments, as all efforts to reach him proved abortive.