A syndicate of corrupt Nigerian Railway Corporation officials at the Kubwa and Idu train stations in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, as well as at the Rigasa Train Station, Kaduna State, is currently defrauding Nigerians in the sale of train tickets.
The ticketing unit which should sell to passengers had already closed for the day by 2pm; the ticketing officers were nowhere to be found, and anxious passengers were stranded at the station. To be sure, SaharaReporters’ correspondent also accosted the syndicate to buy the ticket through the “black market” as the ticketing unit had closed for the day and passengers were already at the mercy of dubious ticket merchants.
SaharaReporters observed that more than 50 persons were swindled on Monday alone, forced to pay double for the trip, which is officially N3,000 for the Economy class. SaharaReporters’ correspondent and a crowd of other passengers were told as early as 7am that the Economy ticket, which goes for N3,000, were no more available.The NRC ticketing officials, who stopped selling Economy tickets to passengers, were queried on how the tickets got finished so early, but they could not provide any satisfactory answer other than “tickets have been sold out.”
That is what the Gov't itself want..ppl have been screaming of this ticket racketting for years now and nothing is done about it..the big question is why can't ticket sells be automated? Someone is gaining something