By Fatima Zahra Muhammad
The Lagos State Government has discredited a viral video showing some people pushing the recently launched Lagos Blue Line Rail.
The video has caused a stir among social media users, who expressed dismay that the project commissioned in January was already developing hitches.
But the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) in a statement issued on Sunday urged Nigerians to disregard the video as it was an attempt to mislead the public.
”From investigation, we discovered that the train was clearly moving, and this is an old video clip showing the contractor’s staff horsing around the train when it first came. The area now, since the commissioning by President Muhammadu Buhari, has flags all around it as well as steel protective guard. Posting this video at this time is obviously the work of mischief makers.
“The average length of the train is 84m. This, definitely, cannot be pushed by four people as shown in the video clip. We appeal to our online community to be wary of those who are bent on doing everything to discredit this rail project.
“We have successfully, without incident, carried over 15,000 people on test rides over the past six weeks. For those who have interacted with the rail system, it is obviously a game changer,” the agency said.
