Barely two weeks after over 30 mining workers were buried following the collapse of a mining pit in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, another mining pit has collapsed in the Adunu community of Paikoro Local Government Area of the state.
Preliminary information from the mining pit collapse says an unidentified number of miners were buried in the pit.
Confirming the incident to Channels Television through a telephone call, the state Chairman of the Miners Association of Nigeria, Yusuf Shuaibu, said the pit caved in around 10 am, trapping an unconfirmed number of workers.
He added that the association has mobilised a team for on-the-spot assessment of the scene of the incident with support from the government of Niger State.