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President Muhammadu Buhari has named some railway stations after some prominent Nigerians but conspicuously missing in the list of the honour is ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Monday, announced that President Buhari had given approval that stations along the Lagos-Ibadan and the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri corridors should be named in honour of some of the nation’s leaders.

Later national icon, Obafemi Awolowo, Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, and late Olushola Saraki, father of former Senate President Bukola are among those that stations were named after.

Below is a full list of those who were honoured:

LAGOS

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  • Mobolaji Johnson/Ebute Metta Station
  • Babatunde Fashola/Agege station
  • Bola Ahmed Tinubu/Apapa station
  • Lateef Jakande/Agbado station

OGUN

  • Yemi Osinbajo/Kajola station
  • Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti/Papalanto station
  • Wole Soyinka/Abeokuta station

OYO

  • Segun Osoba/Olodo station
  • Ladoke Akintola/Omio-Adio station
  • Obafemi Awolowo/Ibadan station

KOGI

  • Adamu Attah/Itakpe station
  • Olushola Saraki/Ajaokuta station

EDO

  • Augustus Aikhomu/Itogbo station
  • George Innih/Agenebode station
  • Anthony Eromosele Enahoro/Uromi station
  • Tom Ikimi/Ekehen station
  • Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia/Igbanke station

DELTA

  • Goodluck Ebele Jonathan/Agbor Station Complex
  • David Ejoor/Abraka station
  • Micheal Ibru/Opara station
  • Alfred Rewane/Ujevwu station
  • Mike Akhigbe/Railway Village, Agbor
  • Alex Ekwueme/Operation Control Centre
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