Breaking: Jubilation As Sanwo-Olu Takes First Blue Line Train Ride, Video Emerges
- The governor of Lagos state, Baabjide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, September 4, flagged off the blue line train
- The governor and some of his security aides took the inaugural ride on the train, and this got many talking
- Sanwo-Olu's aide gave an update on the development and shared the benefits of the blue train ride to Lagosians
There was joy in the air as Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state took the first commercial ride on the Blue Line Rail Mass Transit on Monday, September 4.
Source: Twitter
The Nation reported that the governor boarded the train around 9.07am from the first coach and walked to the seventh coach.
He also took it upon himself to be the ride manager, taking time to explain the requirements to board the train to the people.
Sanwo-Olu’s senior special assistant on new media, Jubril Gawat, made this known on his X page (formerly known as Twitter) on Monday, disclosing that the governor was the "first passenger".
From the video shared by Gawat, Sanwo-Olu boarded the train in the company of his wife Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, security details, Lagos Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat, Secretary to the State Government Bimbola Salu-Hundeyin, and other government officials.
The ride from the Marina station to Mile 2 takes about 17 to 20 minutes, with 90 seconds at each station before the final destination.
Nigerians react as Sanwo-Olu rides takes first blue train ride
Nigerians took to the comment section on the X page of Sanwo-Olu's aide to drop different reactions to the development.
@sama_on_point tweeted:
"Mr Governor don touch ground for Mile-2!!! #LagosBlueLine #BlueLine."
@RashwalRashwal tweeted:
"Dear lagosian, aku ori re ooo, rising Lagos forever. Edo can never be Lagos."
@MrSNoockie tweeted:
"He just used his watch to tap instead of the card so you can just use your phone also so long as the card is stored, great tech.
"World-class modern technology, Lagos leads others follows."
@iamisrael2 tweeted:
"Lovely. Congratulations, Lagos and Lagosians."
@kiwivisualsSign tweeted:
"Train just passed through Iganmu now."
Date for commencement of Blue Line Rail operations announced
Meanwhile, Governor Sanwo-Olu had eralier announced the date the Blue Line Rail would begin commercial operations.
Sanwo-Olu said the rail line would commence commercial operations on Monday, September 4, 2023, from Marina to Mile 2.
Newly launched Lagos Blue Rail Line not destroyed
The Lagos Area Metropolitan Authority (LAMATA) had said that the fire from the oil tanker incident at Marina on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, did not destroy the Blue Line Rail infrastructure.
Kola Ojelabi, consultant of corporate communication at LAMATA, disclosed this to debunk reports that the fire outbreak had razed the rail line facility.
Source: Legit.ng
