Scores of intending passengers were turned back from the Obafemi Awolowo Train Station Moniya and also at the Ladoke Akintola Train Station at Omi Adio in Ibadan, Oyo State on Thursday following the strike embarked upon by railway workers. Some of the workers, who were seen at the station in Moniya, were armed with placards with various inscriptions denouncing the way they were being treated. It was gathered that the train was supposed to leave by 8am but did not because of the strike embarked upon by the Nigerian Union Railway Workers. Taxi drivers who usually park waiting for the arrival of the train from Lagos around 11:30am had also deserted the car park. One of them, who identified himself as Ayo Adebowale, said the workers scheduled the strike for when passengers would feel its effects more.

Source: Punch November 18, 2021 13:47 UTC