It was gathered that at least 27 illegal miners were buried alive in their pits at Obuasi in the Ashanti region on Wednesday March 20, 2013 during a joint operation by the National Security outfit and the Ghana Armed Forces, aimed at destroying and sealing off illegal mining pits in the area.
The trapped miners were however rescued in the dawn of Friday March 22, 2013 with the help of their colleagues who first suspected the entrapment after the military c*m national security operation.

Secretary to the Small Scale Miners Association in Obuasi, Rufus Borry alleged on Wednesday in an interview with XYZ News that “some of our colleagues were buried alive by the National Security Operation”.
The rescued miners looked weak and pale.
They had been trapped in the belly of the earth for more than 48 hours.