14
Sep
The illegal miners were said to be prospecting for gold in an abandoned pit, an area some Chinese nationals are said to have earlier mined and left uncovered. The deceased have been identified as Kwaku Noah, Issahaku Osman, Mohammed Ibrahim, Salifu, and Aliu Waliu. John Kwaku Alhassan, the North East Regional Director of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), confirmed the incident. He said NADMO proceeded to the scene of the incident, and found the men died beneath the rubbles. He said "The pit was mined by some Chinese nationals but it has since been abandoned, so due to the…