The decomposing body of an All Progressives Congress leader in Ebonyi State, Ogochukwu Elem, has been pulled from a mining pit in the state.
Also pulled from the mining pit, observed, were the remains of two others, who were with him when his car plunged into the pit on Saturday evening.
They were pulled from the pit by combined efforts of a crane supplied by the State Ministry of Infrastructure and local divers, on Monday.
Elem and the other occupants were on their way to Ikwo for a function when the car lost control and plunged into the pit off the Abakaliki-Ikwo Road.
The incident happened at the Enyigba community axis of the road in the Abakaliki Local Government Area of the state on Saturday evening.
Efforts to pull out the victims and the car failed on Saturday evening and Sunday. However, the Volkswagen Golf car in which the victims were driving was pulled from the pit on Monday.
Governor Dave Umahi mourned Elem and the two others believed to be his police escorts. He condemned the activities of miners, who dig mining pits indiscriminately in the area, thereby endangering the lives of the people and destroying the environment.
