No fewer than 13 people have been killed in a collapsed mining site in the Bassa Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State.
It was gathered that the incident occurred on Saturday and Dr. Joshua Riti, Chairman of Bassa LGA, disclosed this on Monday and expressed deep sadness over the high number of fatalities.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the collapsed mining site is located at the boundaries between Bassa, Jos South and Jos North LGAs.
Riti said seven of the deceased hailed from Bassa LGA.
“This is an unfortunate incident, these young people were only out in search of a means of livelihood.
“They went out to put their energies to good use to sustain and meet up with the current economic hardship in the country but met their untimely death.
“I wish to extend my deepest condolences to the families and loved ones affected by this tragedy,” he said.
However, most of the deceased were youths between 18 and 30 years old.