Buhari Names Train Stations After Prominent Nigerians. See Full List.


President @MBuhari has approved the naming of some railway stations along the Lagos-Ibadan and Itakpe/Ajaokuta/ Aladja/Warri corridors after some deserving Nigerian citizens.

Minister of transportation Rt. Hon. @ChibuikeAmaechi disclosed this through a statement by his ministry's Director of Press, Eric Ojiekwe.

The statement noted that the deserving citizens have contributed to the progress and development of their respective communities and the nation at large.


According to the statement, for the Lagos-Ibadan with extension to the Lagos Port Complex at Apapa railway station, the beneficiaries are:

Bola Ahmed Tinubu (Apapa station)

Mobolaji Johnson (Ebute Metta Station)

Babatunde Raji Fashola (Agege station),

Lateef Jakande (Agbado station)

and Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (Kajola station).

Others are

Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (Papalanto station)

Prof. Wole Soyinka (Abeokuta station),

Aremo Segun Osoba(Olodo station)

Chief Ladoka Akintola (Omio-Adio station)

Chief Obafemi Awolowo (Ibadan station)

and Chief Alex Ekwueme (Operation Control Centre)

For the Itakpe-Ajaokuta/Aladja-Warri Railway, the names are:

Alhaji Adamu Attah (Itakpe station)

Dr. Olushola Saraki (Ajaokuta station)

Admiral Augustus Aikhomu (Itogbo station)

Brigadier General George Innih (Agenebode station)


Anthony Eromosele Enahoro (Uromi station)

Chief Tom Ikimi (Ekehen station)

and Brig. Gen. Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia (rtd) (Igbanke station)


Others according to the statement include:

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (Agbor Station Complex)

Brigadier General David Ejoor (Abraka station)

Micheal Ibru (Opara station)

Alfred Rewane (Ujevwu station)

and Vice Admiral Mike Akhigbe (Railway Village, Agbor).

Signed: Eric Ojiekwe Director, Press and Public Relations Federal Ministry of Transportation July 27, 2020

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