Top management staff of Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, have visited a lecturer of University of Ibadan, Dr Mikail Abdulsalam who was assaulted by a staff of the corporation.
DAILY POST reports that Abdulsalam who teaches at the department of Arabic and Islamic Studies was beaten and molested by a staff of the corporation at Obafemi Awolowo Railway station in Ibadan last week.
Two staff of the corporation have been arrested by the police in connection with the assault incident.
The corporation during the visit tendered a formal letter of apology to the Don. They were received by the leadership of the University of Ibadan Muslim community, led by Professor Mufutau Abdulrahmon and Professor Wole Abass.
NRC in the letter dated 5 March, 2026 and signed by the Railway District Manager, Ibadan, Naomi Itajobi, expressed “deepest apology and sincere regret” to Abdulsalam over the incident.
The Railway management described the conduct of the staff member as unacceptable and contrary to the standards and values expected of personnel of the corporation while interacting with passengers and visitors.
The corporation acknowledged that the incident occurred while Dr Abdulsalam was assisting his sister with her journey at the station.
It assured the lecturer that the corporation is committed to enforcing necessary sanctions to prevent a recurrence.
“On behalf of the Management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation Western District and indeed the entire Organisation, I write to personally and formally express Our deepest apology and sincere regret for the distressing and unwarranted incident you experienced on Wednesday March 4th 2026, at the Obafemi Awolowo Train Station, Moniya.
“We are profoundly saddened to learn of the altercation involving one of our staff members, Mr Tomisin Asiye, a Locomotive Driver attached to the District, which resulted in your assault, physical injury and public embarrassment.
“We fully acknowledge the humiliation, pain and inconvenience this incident caused you and your family while you were simply assisting your sister with her journey. There is no justification for the behaviour displayed, and we take full responsibility for the actions of our employee during the performance of duties at our facility”.
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