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Sanwo-Olu takes first ride as Lagos Blue Line Rail begins operations

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Secretary to Lagos State Government, Barr Abimbola Salu-Hundeyin; Director, Rail-LAMATA, Engr. Olasunkanmi Okusaga; Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat; Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Managing Director, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Engr (Mrs) Abimbola Akinajo; the First Lady, Dr (Mrs) Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu and others, during the first commercial train trip on the Blue Line Rail from Marina to Mile 2, on Monday, 04 September 2023.

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, became one of the first passengers to embark on a journey aboard the newly launched Lagos Blue Line rail system on Monday.

The governor boarded the train from the Marina terminal enroute Mile 2.

PUNCH reports that the Managing Director, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, Mrs Abimbola Akinajo, announced on Thursday that the Lagos Blue Line Rail would commence commercial operations on Monday, September 4.

Akinajo added that Governor Sanwo-Olu would be the first passenger during the inaugural ride on the train.

Below are the pictures of Sanwo-Olu aboard the Blue Line Rail:

 

 

Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu tapping with his cowry card to board the first commercial train trip on the Blue Line Rail at the Marina Station, on Monday, 04 September 2023.
Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu (second right), tapping with his cowry card to board the first commercial train trip on the Blue Line Rail, Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat (right), behind him is APC Lagos, Hon Cornelius Ojelabi, at the Marina Station, on Monday, 04 September 2023.
Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu (right) and the First Lady, Dr (Mrs) Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu onboard the first commercial train trip on the Blue Line Rail from Marina Station to Mile 2 Station, on Monday, 04 September 2023.
Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the Marina Train Station during the first commercial train trip on the Blue Line Rail, on Monday, 04 September 2023.

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