A Chinese man identified as Kuang Zhang, and one Abdulhadi Musa, an Hausa man, have been killed in a fight that broke out at a mining site at Ido-Oko in the Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State.
Another Chinese was said to have been seriously battered while one Hausa miner was also shot and injured during the fight which caused commotion in the community.
It was gathered that fight broke out when a team of Chinese arrived at the mining site and attempted to drive away the Hausa people already mining gold there.
It was further learnt that the fight broke out at around 4:30pm on Tuesday.
A resident of the area told our correspondent, ” A team of Chinese men arrived at the site. They came with some security officers, and ordered the workers to vacate immediately.
“They claimed the site had been licensed to them by the federal and state governments. But the workers refused to leave, they said they owned it. The altercation snowballed into a crisis leading to the death of one Chinese and one Hausa minner.”
A source said policemen, led by the Divisional Police Officer in the area stormed the site to restore peace.
The arrival of the policemen was said to have prevented the fight from recording higher number of casualties.
The Police Public Relations Officer in Osun State, Mrs. Yemisi Opalola confirmed the incident.
She said: “Our men were deployed there. Kuang Zhang and Abdulhadi Musa died and their bodies have been deposited in Wesley Guild Hospital morgue, Ilesa.
“The Chinese that was beaten to a coma and the injured miner are responding to treatment at Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesha.
