As the train snaked its way into Agege and crawled to a stop in front of the overcrowded Lagos station, Bashir Yusuf disembarked from the Second Class Coach where a dearth of seats had forced him to stand for five hours.
Mr. Yusuf boarded the Kano-Lagos train at Kaduna, where he paid N2, 000 and extracted a promise from the railway staff that he would get a comfortable space.
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