Body of Ebonyi APC youth leader, two others pulled from mining pit

The body of All Progressive Congress (APC) Ebonyi chapter youth leader, Ogochukwu Elem, has been covered from a mining pit in the state.

The body and two others with him when his car plunged into the pit on Saturday were pulled out on Monday.

They were brought out of the pit with a crane supplied by the state Ministry of Infrastructure and local divers on Monday.

The Volkswagen Golf car, which the victims were driving in, was also pulled from the pit.

Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi was on hand to direct the search-and-rescue operations.

The governor condemned the activities of miners who dug the morning pits indiscriminately, thereby endangering lives and destroying the environment.

He said his government would set up a committee to look into the issue and warned that from henceforth his administration would not tolerate such practice from miners in the state.