EFCC Arrests 13 Suspected Illegal Miners In Ilorin - THE DAILY CRUCIBLE

    • Breaking

    Ads

    Thursday, September 1, 2022

    Home NEWS EFCC Arrests 13 Suspected Illegal Miners In Ilorin

    EFCC Arrests 13 Suspected Illegal Miners In Ilorin




    The Daily Crucible | Thursday, September1, 2022

    The Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC in collaboration with the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC and the Federal  Ministry of Mines and Steel Development have arrested thirteen (13) suspected illegal miners operating in Kakafu village in Pategi Local Government Area of Kwara State.

    The suspects are, Buba Mohammed, Yusuf Umar, Surajo Shehu, Abubakar Abdullahi, Salisu Mohammed, Quadri Sulaiman and Nwafor Chinonso.

    Others are: Abdullahi Isa, Mustapha Mohammed, Buhari Hassan, Basiru Jafaru, Murtala Jafaru and Jafaru Abdullahi.

    They  were arrested on Tuesday in a joint operation, following  credible intelligence received by the EFCC on some suspected illegal miners operating in the area.

    Five (5) trucks fully loaded with different brands of  solid minerals were recovered from the suspects.

    Preliminary investigations showed that the suspects were not paying royalties to the Federal Government as required by law.


    Tags
    Share This
    Author Image

    About The Daily Crucible

    Posted by at
    Labels:

    No comments:

    Post a Comment

    Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

    Author Details

    The Daily Crucible Newspaper is an authoritative and independent online news medium established to deliver professional journalism for the purpose of fostering Nigeria's unity, peace, progress and greatness, given the heterogeneity of her citizens. We shall vigorously pursue this vision and anchor it on tripod of truth, justice and fairness. We shall feed the general public with robust information they need to make informed decision on issues and matters that affect them, promote human - capital development, freedom and free market enterprise. And our loyalty shall be to Nigeria and public interest, and shall respect ethnic, religious and political diversity without being partisan and sectional.