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Illegal gold mine collapses on six miners in Cross River

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No fewer than Six illegal gold miners in Umai community of Biase Local Government Area were buried alive after stone mine collapsed on them on Wednessday in Cross River State.

According to Vanguard, the area, the mine which is several feet deep, collapsed on Wednesday killing six of the miners while others escaped.

Chairman of Biase Local Government Area, Mrs Ada Charles Egwu, who visited the area, said the activities of illegal miners in the area was worrisome and called on security agencies to beef up surveillance on the sites to forestall further incidents.

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“The purpose of this visit is to assess the activities of the illegal miners and also see for myself the collapsed site that took the lives of six young men so early in the year,” she said.

Egwu said she was saddened by the death of the youths whose lives had been cut short, while struggling to make ends meet and also described the tragic death as unfortunate.

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“My heart goes out to their families on behalf of my family and the good people of Biase Local Government Area over this pathetic development,” she added.

The council chairperson promised to set up a panel to investigate the incident for appropriate action to be taken, to forestall further incidents

She called on security agencies to seal off the place and arrest anyone who disobeys the order to stay away from the mine.

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