The incident followed three previous mine collapses in the Shiroro and Paikoro areas in recent months.
It was gathered that the brothers, aged 20 and 25, had left home without informing their parents that they were heading to the mine to dig for solid minerals.
Their absence was only noticed later that evening when they failed to return for dinner and evening prayers.
According to their father, Mallam Zubairu Ibrahim, the family initially assumed the young men were out with friends.
However, when they did not return, the family learned that the brothers had gone to the mine site, hoping to find gold or other valuable minerals.
Zubairu said he sent community members to search for his sons, and tragically, their bodies were found buried beneath the collapsed soil at the riverbank.
Speaking with officials from the state Ministry of Mineral Resources who paid a condolence and fact-finding visit to the village, Ibrahim lamented how he could cope with life after burying two sons in one day.
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