Wisconsin Talgos are going to Nigeria

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It sounds like a commuter rail style service? I'm searching but I can't find many details on the planned route. Does anyone have details?
Here's an article with some details. And here's the Wikipedia article on the system.

My first googling yesterday for "new Lagos railway" came up almost entirely with a new Lagos-Ibadan intercity railway, and I guessed the Talgos were for that. About 90 miles apart, similar to the Hiawatha, made sense to me. Nope.
 
I wonder if they are purchasing them with the Talgo service agreements in place.

I understand RENFE sold some surplus Talgos to Argentina some years ago but that the service was stopped when it turned out the service charges were cripplingly high.
 
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