Amaechi speaks on suffering bandit attack onboard Abuja-Kaduna train

Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi has reacted to a report which states that he and some passengers onboard Abuja-Kaduna train were attacked by bandits.

The was shared on Twitter by Aisha Yesufu, the convener of Bring Back Our Girls.

She wrote: “Chibuike 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!

“Governance is not by lies and propaganda.”

In reaction, Amaechi described the news as false because he was never attacked.

He wrote: “Fake News. This is completely concocted

“Madam, I was not attacked, I did not see or escape attackers, bandits or kidnappers. I did not “fled like a…” Insults and abuses will not change the fact that I was not attacked or escape attack, in Kaduna last night.

“By the way, we can still be respectful and courteous here.“