Police confirm 2 dead in Plateau mining collapse

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Location of Plateau State in Nigeria. By Derivative work: User:Profoss – Original work:Uwe Dedering – This vector image was created with Inkscape.This file was uploaded with Commonist.This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this:  Nigeria location map.svg (by Uwe Dedering)., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17436052

The Police Command in Plateau has confirmed the death of two persons in a mining collapse which occurred in Wase Local Government Area of the state.

The command’s spokesperson ASP Terms Tyopev, confirmed the incident on Sunday in Jos.

Tyopev disclosed that the incident took place on April 7.

“At about 23 hours, the Wase Police Division received information that there was a mining collapse which led to the death of two people.

“The people that died were Safianu Yinusa of Kangial Village, Dengi Kanam Local Government Area; and Usman Abdulahi of Gwaram Village, Bashar District of Wase,” he said.

He said that investigation was on to ascertain the remote and immediate causes of the collapse.

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