NRC denies involvement in Abuja-Kaduna train ticket scam

By Olasunkanmi Akoni
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has denied involvement in alleged ticket racketeering on the Abuja-Kaduna Train Service (AKTS), describing a viral social media report accusing it of creating artificial scarcity to facilitate the resale of tickets at inflated prices as misleading.

The denial followed a video posted on Instagram by blogger Faizah Raji, with the handle @wearegst, titled “The NRC is stealing its own tickets to resell.”

In the video, Raji accused the corporation of deliberately creating artificial ticket scarcity and reselling tickets through agents at exorbitant prices.

However, the NRC Managing Director, Dr Kayode Opeifa, through the...