Onboard Ibadan-Lagos train: The beauty, thrills and frills

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Onboard Ibadan-Lagos train: The beauty, thrills and frills

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With hands thrown to the sky and legs akimbo with shoes dancing on claw-like silver coloured granites, two young men; one in late 20s and the other in his mid 30s, called for attention: “Eko, Abeokuta! Eko, Abeokuta,” they sang like birds chiming on a dewless harmattan morning. Their faces flush with seriousness, conducting their business spiced of humour and mockery, but the duo continued, intermittently stealing some smiles.

Soon, mockery left the mix and their voices grew. Notched by the rush of dust generated by vehicles moving across the tracks, from one side of the yet-to-be-tarred connecting roads to…



Source: Nigerian Tribune