Federal Government Takes Charge of Search After Deadly Mine Accident in Zamfara

The Federal Government has taken charge of rescue operations after a mine pit collapsed in Kadauri Village, Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, leaving thirteen miners dead and two still missing.

The Ministry of Solid Minerals Development MSMD, has deployed its officers in Zamfara to work with state officials and local responders in the search-and-rescue efforts, after discovering that fifteen miners were trapped when the pit caved in.

The ministry revealed preliminary findings show that the Kadauri site, was being exploited through unregulated mining. Meanwhile, thirteen bodies have been recovered, with efforts ongoing to find the remaining two.