Three killed at mining site in Kaduna

No fewer than three persons have been killed following a clash at a mining site in Bakin Kogi village of Kaninkon Chiefdom in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The Administrator of the Council, Alhaji Yusuf Usman, confirmed the incident on Thursday in Kafanchan.
Usman said the three persons lost their lives during a shootout involving illegal miners.
He said during the scuffle, four other persons sustained injuries and are being treated at the Kafanchan General Hospital.
He said security personnel had been deployed to the area to contain the situation, urging people to go about their normal businesses and report any suspicious persons to the appropriate authority.
Two persons were killed, while others sustained varying degrees of injury during an attack at Bakin Kogi village on December 24, 2017 by gunmen.