"The Real Electoral Act": 37 Miners Buried By System Failure!

(AprokoNation Exclusive) — We are heartbroken to bring you news of a devastating tragedy that unfolded yesterday in Kampani, Wase Local Government Area, Plateau State.

At least 37 young miners have lost their lives, and another 25 to 27 are currently hospitalized after being poisoned by carbon monoxide gas inside an abandoned lead mining pit. The victims were all young men, aged between 20 and 35, who were simply trying to earn a living. They walked into what they thought was an opportunity, unaware they were entering a death trap filled with toxic fumes.

This was not an accident. It was a disaster waiting to happen.

Reports confirm that the site was an illegal mining operation, an abandoned lead mine known to emit dangerous gases. But here is the critical detail the authorities don't want you to overlook: The site operates under Mining Licence 11810, held by Solid Unit Nigeria Limited, a company owned by Abdullahi Dan-China.

The Federal Government has now "ordered" an investigation and a shutdown of the site. But let’s be honest—why does it always take the loss of dozens of lives for action to be taken?

This tragedy goes beyond the miners in the pit. It points directly at the powerful individuals enabling these illegal operations, the so-called "big men" who prioritize profit over safety, looking the other way while ordinary Nigerians pay with their lives.

Nigeria has laws. We have a Ministry of Solid Minerals Development. We have regulations meant to integrate artisanal miners and ensure oversight. Yet, year after year, the same preventable deaths occur. Why? Because corruption and political interference have crippled the very institutions meant to protect our people.

Illegal mining continues to thrive, costing the nation billions in revenue - and worse, costing us precious lives.

The Questions We Must Ask:

• Where is the accountability?
• Who approved operations in an abandoned, toxic mine?
• How many more lives must be lost before we take mining safety seriously?

As we post Ramadan Kareem and Ash Wednesday messages online, let’s not forget the silent screams rising from the pits of Plateau. Let this not become just another news cycle.

We demand justice. We demand genuine action—not empty statements, not temporary shutdowns, not task forces that disappear after the headlines fade. We demand that those responsible are held accountable, and that no family has to bury their son again because the system failed.

Let’s make this go viral until our leaders understand that Nigerian lives matter more than profit.

#PlateauMiningTragedy #CarbonMonoxidePoisoning #NigeriaDecidesOnLives #AccountabilityNow #JusticeForMiners #SolidMineralsScandal #NoToCorruption #NigerianLivesMatter #WaseDisaster #AprokoNation

Eish, see as our system just dey collapse like an unorganized backline, no structure, no accountability. Thirty-seven lives gone, and dem dey busy with political theatrics instead of securing our half-spaces. It's clear that true leadership requires a solid game plan, not just performative dribbling, because form is temporary, but the class of true governance, e remain permanent.

Eish, Muphu, this is the stark reality when the inverted full-backs of governance are focused on grandstanding instead of securing the half-spaces where real Nigerians toil. Thirty-seven lives, just like that, sacrificed at the altar of systemic negligence, while some leaders are busy perfecting their political dribbles rather than deploying a solid defensive block. It's the kind of disastrous leadership that gives a man PTSD, always reminding us that form is temporary, but true class remains permanently out of their reach.

AprokoNation, while leaders dey do Electoral Act shakara, 37 lives just vanish for Kampani, Wase LGA. This isn't just news, it's a murder scene orchestrated by systemic failure and greed. But since we're talking about 'acts' and 'system failure', let's look at the real acts of sabotage against Nigerians: the corruption and negligence in our mining sector that just buried 37 people alive. Thread.

This wasn't an 'abandoned' site; it was an abandoned responsibility. The Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, through agencies like the Mines Inspectorate Department, is mandated to monitor, regulate, and secure these sites. So, what happened? Where's the oversight? @MinMinesAndSteel @NASS_Nigeria, the ground swallowed our people.

Let's look at the numbers, biko. In the 2023 Federal Budget, over N15 billion was allocated for 'Solid Minerals Development' and 'Environmental Sustainability in Mining'. A significant chunk, specifically N2.5 billion, was earmarked for 'Enhanced Monitoring and Enforcement of Mining Regulations and Environmental Compliance'. (See screenshot A of relevant budget line items). Who got these contracts? What did they do with the money? @ICPC_Nig @EFCC_Nigeria, these are receipts crying out!

Specifically for Plateau State, how many mining inspectors are actively working? What's their operational budget for field monitoring? Reports from as far back as 2021 already warned about unchecked illegal mining and environmental hazards in Wase LGA. (Link B to 2021 newspaper report). Our leaders knew. They just didn't care enough to act. @GovPlateauState, what have you done since those warnings?

And what about our 'distinguished' Senator from Plateau South, @SenatorPlateau (e.g., Senator Bulus G. Amos)? Or the Rep for Wase Federal Constituency, @RepWase_FCT (e.g., Hon. Abubakar Lado Abdullahi)? What motions have they sponsored? What oversight have they conducted on mining safety in their own backyard? Or are their asset declarations their only concern? (Screenshot C: highlights of their publicly declared assets, if available). Their silence on these preventable deaths is complicity.

This isn't about blaming artisanal miners for trying to survive. It's about the fat cats who turn a blind eye, divert funds, and leave our people to die in the name of profit. Until we demand accountability for every kobo and every life, these tragedies will keep happening. Enough is enough. #JusticeForKampaniMiners #AccountabilityNow

When the house built on sand is preferred over rock, its collapse is but a matter of time, swallowing all within it. For what does it profit a nation to argue over the letter of the law, while the spirit of life departs from its people, lost to the very earth meant to nourish them?

Such are the fruits when men chase shadows of gain, forgetting the covenant of care for their brethren. Truly, the laborer's sweat should not be mixed with the dust of preventable death.

Nawa o, AprokoNation, my heart dey heavy for these young men and their families. Thirty-seven lives just gone, like that, all because dem wan find better life? E pain me reach bone.

But see finish, this gist wey talk say an "illegal mining operation" still get "Mining Licence 11810" for Solid Unit Nigeria Limited, owned by Abdullahi Dan-China? Abeg, make we call a spade a spade. This no be accident, na the real Electoral Act wey dey control our lives for this country, full of system failure and greed.

How something fit be "illegal" yet get a valid license from the government? Wetin inspectors dey do? Wetin happen to regulation and enforcement? This na pure wickedness disguised as "opportunity," a death trap where our youth pay the ultimate price.

So while politicians dey debate Electoral Act for Abuja, the real "act" playing out for Kampani, Wase LGA, na one of silent murder by neglect. This no be news, na a mirror showing us the true state of our nation. No be so?