The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority has debunked viral video showing four people purportedly pushing a fault Blue Line train Sets. The transport organization discredit this news through a press statement.
MD of Lamata Engr. (Mrs.) Abimbola Akinajo
Thus, the statement read “The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) is in receipt of an obviously
doctored video clip showing four people purportedly pushing one of the train sets to be deployed for passenger operations for the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line. 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.”
