NSCDC Arrests Two At Illegal Mine Site In Kwara
The Kwara State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Tuesday arrested two people suspected to be involved in illegal mining of granite at a site in the state.
The State Commandant of the Corps, Awili Pedro, who led the operation, condemned the illegal activities which he said had been affecting Nigeria's economy.
Illegal mining has been on the increase in Kwara State of late, a development that the NSCDC said it would have to bring under control.
Their first port of call and inspection was the Basin area in Ilorin where the Corps swooped on the people extracting sands from a river.
At the sight of the security operatives, the illegal miners ran into a nearby bush but left behind their working tools which were carried away by the Civil Defence Corps.
Economic Sabotage
From Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State, the team moved to Oyun Local Government Area and Aperun village in particular, where the convoy drove for nearly one hour in the forest before getting to the illegal granite site.
Again the workers on sighting the NSCDC operatives flee but they were pursued to a nearby bush where two of them were apprehended. The nearby surrounding showed the cooking utensils being used by the illegal miners and the food sellers who were unobvious of the happenings, as the two men arrested were brought out from the bush.
Briefing reporters on the illegal activities of the miners, the NSCDC Commandant described the event as economic sabotage. He wondered how people could use dynamite to illegally blow the granite without paying to relevant authorities.
Mr Pedro said the two persons arrested would be investigated and charged if found culpable. One of the two suspects, who spoke in Hausa, said they were hired by one woman (Alhaja) from a nearby village and being paid 5,000 Naira daily.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
UNILORIN Alumni Omoniyi Tunde Yusuf Ajidagba NFAI Jumoke F. Ajao Aliyu Salihu Salihu Ajibola Ajia Baruten Sherif Shagaya Fatai Garuba Labaka Eleja Taiwo Banu Kamaldeen Gambari Rashidi Yekini Taofeek Sanusi Kunle Okeowo Aminu Ado Bayero Shonga Farm Project Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo Adamu Jemilat-Baki Yusuf Amuda Aluko NITDA Sulyman Abdulkareem Manzuma Abdulwaheed Musa Folorunsho Erubu Segun Adeniyi Muhammed Abdullahi Ganmo Lanwa Share-Tsaragi EndSARS Olajumoke Monsura Gafar Yunus Lawal Lateef Fagbemi Bareke Saka Isau Edret Sabi Abel Ariyo Arinola Fatimoh Lawal Yomi Adeboye Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola Isau VADA Kehinde Boyede Taofik Mustapha Amusa Bello College Of Education David Oyepinola Adedumoye Sa\'adu Salahu Mubarak Oladosu Abdulazeez Uthman Ramadhan Olabanji Orilonishe Aliyu Umar Sabo-Oke Busari Toyin Isiaka Joshua Adeyemi Adimula Aliyu Kora-Sabi Charcoal Federal Allocation Tinubu Legacy Forum IQRA College Joseph Daudu Odogun Olushola Gabriel NYSC Maryam Nurudeen Iqra Books Government High School Adeta Mohammed Haruna CT Ayeni Women For Change And Development Initiative Iliasu Ayinde Oki Abdulrazaq Magaji Ibrahim Abdullahi Issa Oloruntogun

