Two siblings have d!ed following a mine collapse in Kakaki village, Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State
The incident comes months after a mine collapsed in Shiroro, Niger State, resulting in the death of several miners.
In the latest incident, the siblings – Zubairu Ibrahim, 20, and Sadiq Ibrahim, 25, – reportedly died when the mine they were working in suddenly caved in on Saturday.
It was gathered that the victims left their home on that fateful day without informing their parents of their plans to join others at the mine site in search of solid minerals. Their absence was first noticed when they did not return home for dinner and evening prayers. Initially, their father, Zubairu Ibrahim, assumed they were with friends, only to later discover that the young men had ventured to the mining site to dig for gold.
A frantic search was initiated by the community members at the behest of their father. To his utter devastation, the search party returned with the lifeless bodies of his sons, who had been found buried beneath the collapsed soil at the mine site.
The Ministry of Mines and Solid Mineral Resources, through its spokesperson, Mrs. Maureen Dibie, confirmed the incident on Tuesday.
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