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.
Omoniyi Ayinla Rebecca Bake Balogun Gambari Abdullahi Samari Revenue Court Matthew Babaoye Innocent Okoye Royal FM Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa Obasanjo Michael Nzwekwe Saidu Yaro Musa Raliat Islamic Foundation Isiaka Abdulrazak Akume Abikan Kwara 2023 Aso-ofi Oro Grammar School Old Students Association Nnazua Gurei Muhammed Abdullahi AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran Funke Adedoyin Valsolar Consortium Alaiye Alliance For Democracy Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Timothy Akangbe Alapansapa Gbugbu Kayode Laro Modibo Kawu Shettima AbdulRauf Keji Assayomo Principal Private Secretary Abdulrosheed Okiki Kwara University Of Education Maigida Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji John Dara Fulani Mohammed Katsina Ahmed Tanke Aisha Buhari Kpotum Mohammed Baba Oyin-Zubair Kwara 2019 Owo Arugbo NaAllah Jide Oyinloye Alfa Modibbo Belgore Toun Okewale-Sonaiya Government High School Adeta Neuropsychiatric Hospital State Bureau Of Internal Revenue Musa Yeketi Tayo Awodiji Abdulkareem Alabi AbdulQowiy Olododo Falokun-Oja Ghali Muhammed Abdulazeez Uthman Bello John Olanrewaju Saka Isau Okin Biscuits Crystal Corner Shops Abdullahi Atanda Ebola Dasuki Belgore Hakeem Idris Ibrahim Oloriegbe AbdulGafar Tosho Kola Shittu Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu

