Nine miners don die afta floodwater swallow one mining pit for Nahuta Village, Gwana District, Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
Di state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Nafiu Habib, confam di incident for telephone interview yesterday.
He talk say di incident happen on Sunday, September 27, wen di miners dey work for one mining pit wey flood enter afta heavy rainfall.
According to am, Kasim Abdulsalam, di purchase manager of Zurfi Mining Company for Nahuta, report di incident to di police.
Habib talk say di miners na contract workers wey dey operate for Pit Three wen water flood di pit afta heavy rainfall around 3pm on September 25.
He talk say dem rescue some of di miners, while one victim die from electrocution and dem rush am to General Hospital, Kashere, for Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State, where dem confam say he don die.
“Di DPO Alkaleri lead a team of detectives go di scene, where dem see three water pump generators dey pump water comot from di pit to enable di rescue of di remaining victims,” he talk.
Habib talk say dem later remove di remaining eight miners from di pit around 6:20am on September 28 and carry dem go di same hospital.
He talk say medical doctor confam say all of dem don die.
