…Victims were aged between 18 and 30, says official
No fewer than 13 people were killed when a mining site collapsed on the Plateau State, northcentral Nigeria.
A government official in the state, Joshua Riti, reportedly told the press on Tuesday that the victims were aged between 18 and 30 and belonged to the Bassa Local Government Area.
The collapse occurred on Saturday at the borders of Bassa, Jos South, and Jos North Local Government Areas, where these young individuals sought to earn a living in the mining pit, he added.
Recently, 22 miners died when a mining pit collapsed at an illegal site located within a national game reserve that spans the Gashaka Local Government Area in Taraba State and the Toungo Local Government Area in Adamawa State. (With Agency Report)
