Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi has reacted to reported attack on him and passengers onboard Abuja-Kaduna train on Sunday night.<\/p>\n
It was alleged that some kidnappers laid an ambush around Mando area and tried to attack the passengers at Rigasa train station<\/p>\n
Aisha Yesufu, co-convener of the BringBackOurGirls advocacy group on her Twitter page claimed that Amaechi ran with his convoy after the bandits attacked the train.<\/p>\n
She wrote: \u201cChibuike Rotimi Amaechi you should be ashamed of yourself. My sister, my brother and my sister-in-law were in that train. When your convoy scattered and you fled like a newborn mouse whom water has been poured on, it was witnessed!<\/p>\n
\u201cGovernance is not by lies and propaganda.\u201d<\/p>\n
But, reacting Amaechi described the news as false, adding that he was not attacked.<\/p>\n
Responding to Aisha on his official page, the minister wrote: \u201cFake News. This is completely concocted<\/p>\n
\u201cMadam, I was not attacked, I did not see or escape attackers, bandits or kidnappers. I did not \u201cfled like a\u2026\u201d Insults and abuses will not change the fact that I was not attacked or escape attack, in Kaduna last night.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy the way, we can still be respectful and courteous here. \u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi has reacted to reported attack on him and passengers onboard Abuja-Kaduna train on Sunday night. It was alleged that some kidnappers laid an ambush around Mando area and tried to attack the passengers at Rigasa train station Aisha Yesufu, co-convener of the BringBackOurGirls advocacy group on her Twitter page claimed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[250,96],"class_list":["post-21508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-amaechi","tag-kaduna"],"yoast_head":"\n