The train, which rode officially
for the first time in decades, took a trip from Iju, Lagos to Abeokuta, with
Ibikunle Amosun, governor of Ogun state on board.
Amaechi, who spoke at the flag
off, said the train was moving at a speed of 60 kilometres per hour, but could
potentially go as fast as 150 kilometres an hour.
Soyinka, while speaking at the
ceremony in Abeokuta, said the where the new megastation would be was his
hunting field in his youthful years.
He added that the expedition from
the spot will be a rocket to another planet.
AFTER ENDORSING MOGHALU
Also speaking at the ceremony,
Soyinka, who recently endorsed Kingsley Moghalu of the Young Peoples Party
(YPP) for the highest elective office of the land, said he does not care who
fixed the rails.
“This plateau seems to be
naturally donated for this kind of enterprise, one of these days, from this
platform, a rocket will go to the next planet,” he said.
“I don’t give a damn who fixed
this, as the Yoruba adage goes, let a man see a snake, let a woman kill the
snake, just let the snake be killed,” Soyinka said in a mix of Yoruba and
English.
Also present at the ceremony in
Abeokuta were officials of the South African railways and the CCECC.
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