Train derails in Lagos

Yusuf Mohammed

A train towing another train derailed Wednesday at Agege, Lagos, southwest Nigeria.

The incident, which happened at a point where the rail line is damaged, did not result in any casualty as the trains were not conveying passengers.

They were heading toward Ijoko in Ogun State in the morning when the incident happened.

An eyewitness who identified himself as Ola Sunday, said the point where the accident occurred had been bad for long but the authorities of the Nigeria Railway Corporation did not fix it.

Another eyewitness said she heard a loud explosion and later discovered that the sound came from the derailed trains.