NSCDC Arrests Two At Illegal Mine Site In Kwara

Date: 2016-06-15

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.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Galadima     NTA Ilorin     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Adekunle David Dunmade     Sarah Alade     Yaru     Boko Haram     TVC Female National Debate     Olokoba Sulyman     Babaita     Yeketi     Saad Belgore     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Olatunji Ayeni     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Okeose Christian Cementary     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Temitope Ogunbanke     Adamu Attah     Sabi     Air Peace     Kamoru Kadiri     Kola Ologbondiyan     Harrison Osauwagboe     Bank Of Industry     Sardauna     Adebara     Sai Kayi     Kale Kawu     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Olusola Saraki     Justina Oha     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Sabitiyu Grillo     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Ibrahim Jawondo     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Reuben Paraje     Oluranti Idowu     Javed Khan     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Egbewole     Baruten     Unicontinental Construction Company     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Muhammed Abdullahi     Clara Nwachukwu     Yakubu Shaaba     Ayobami Akanbi     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Police Commissioner     Ajayi Okasanmi     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Shehu Adaramaja     Suleiman Ajadi     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     AbdulRauf Keji     Ajakaye     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Abdulrazaq Sanni     JUSUN     Universal Basic Education Commission     Dairo Kunle Paul     Balogun Ajikobi     Monthly Sanitation     Agboola Abdulraheem     Imam Gambari     Eleyele     Just Law Forum     Hauwa Nuru     Funmilayo Mohammed     Sidikat Alaya     Okoolowo    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Umaru Saro     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     Universal Basic Education Commission     Femi Gbajabiamila     Arandun     Aminu Ado Bayero     Abubakar Atiku     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Olayinka Are     Falokun-Oja     Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim     Hassan Taiye Salam     Oke-Ode     Mike Omotosho     Abubakar Suleiman     James Kolo     Taofeeq Olateju     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     NIRSAL     Kwara 2023     Amos Sayo     Hijaab     Malete     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Gwanara     Dan Masanin     Borgu     S.O. Opowoye     Ashiru     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Quarry Royal Valley     Isiaka Danmeromu     Eleyele     Funmilayo Braithwaite     MINILS     Sarakite     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Alikinla     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Egbewole     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Kisira     Teachers Specific Allowance     Okedare     Kulende-UITH     Peter Amogbonjaye     George Funsho Adebayo     Kwara Restoration Project     Zara Umar     Sunday Popo-Ola     Grillo     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Galadiman Ngeri     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Shuaib Olarongbe     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Ilorin International Airport     Olugbense     Christopher Odetunde     Olofa Of Offa     3MTT     SARS     HYPPADEC     Wahab Isa     Olatunji Moronfoye     Issa Oloruntogun     Muritala Olarewaju     KW-GIS     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Kayode Laro     Raymond Olaitan