Floodwater that submerged a mining pit in Nahuta Village, Gwana District, Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State, has killed nine miners, Channels Television has gathered.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Nafiu Habib, confirmed the incident to our correspondent on Thursday.
According to him, the incident occurred on Sunday, September 27, when the miners were working at a mining pit that was flooded following heavy rainfall.
He said Kasim Abdulsalam, the purchase manager of Zurfi Mining Company in Nahuta, reported the incident to the police.
Habib said the miners were contract workers operating at Pit Three when water flooded the pit after heavy rainfall around 3 pm on September 25.
He said some of the miners were rescued, while one victim was electrocuted and rushed to General Hospital, Kashere, in Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State, where he was confirmed dead.
“The DPO Alkaleri led a team of detectives to the scene, where three water pump generators were seen evacuating water from the pit to enable the rescue of the remaining victims,” he said.
Habib said the remaining eight miners were eventually removed from the pit at about 6:20 am on September 28 and taken to the same hospital.
He said they were all confirmed dead by a medical doctor.
The deceased were identified as Hamidu Ali, 40, Saidu Abubakar, 29, and Olije Abdulrazak, 25, all from Nasarawa and Kogi states.
Others were Musa Abdullahi, 29, Abdulrahman Mu’azu, 23, and Jafar Abbas, 24, from Bauchi State; Jose Ukese, 28, from Nasarawa State; and Haruna Alkali, 30, from Kebbi State.
Habib said the corpses were released to their relatives after medical examination for burial according to their respective religious rites.
Investigation into the incident is ongoing, he added.
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