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.
Funmilayo Braithwaite Ayeyemi Sulaiman Farouk Salim Inside Kwara Mujtabah Bature Olugbense Kwara State Government Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez Kumbi Titilope JAMB Pakata Patriots Student Learning Support Helpline Maimunat Oloriegbe Gobirawa Saka Keji Kehinde Baale Rebecca Bake Harmony Holdings Hassan Saliu Lithium Ganmo Turaki Of Ilorin Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited Adisa Logun Joshua Adeyemi Adimula Kwara Liberation Group Akeem Lawal Tosho Yaqub Twitter Kwara United Sunday Fagbemi Ado Ibrahim Bello John Olanrewaju Dan Iya Local Government Elese Of Igbaja Www.Kwarareports.com Rotimi Oyedepo Isiaka Abdulrazak Femi Gbajabiamila Isiaka Oniwa Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa Eruku Apaokagi Laolu Saraki Kabir Shagaya Garba Ado Sanni Ibikunle Ogunleye March 28 Balogun Fulani Mike Omotosho Abubakar Aliagan Agbarigidoma Rasaq Jimoh CLAY POT Erubu AIT Ilorin Bibire Ajape Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon Towoju Shade Omoniyi FERMA Olaitan Buraimoh Kale Belgore Aiyedun Salihu S. Yaru Ope Saraki Revenue Court Yinka Aluko Mohammed Alabi Lawal Hajj Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa Tinubu Legacy Forum Taofeeq Olateju KWSIEC HYPPADEC Alaiye

