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.

Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Samari     Kwara North     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Ghali Alaaya     Abdulfatai Baakini     Olayinka Olaogun     Afeyin-Olukuta     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Segun Adeniyi     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Tafida Of Kaiama     Abubakar Imam     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Ayo Salami     TVC Female National Debate     Kisira     GRA     Saad Belgore     Saliu Alamoyo     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Sa\'adu Salau     Tafida Of Ilorin     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Olam Food Ingredients     Tunji Oyawoye     Bola Shagaya     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     AGM Professional Services     NTA Ilorin     Awoye     Shaaba Lafiagi     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Farouk Salim     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Jide Oyinloye     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Mufti Of Ilorin     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Kwara Hotel     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Admiralty Villa     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Na\'Allah     Amos Sayo     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Mohammed Saidu     Sarakite     Assayomo     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Democracy Day     IYA YUSUF     Kwara Consultative Forum     Lai Mohammed     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Bayo Ojo     Suleiman Mora Omar     Taofeek Sanusi     NaAllah     Lanre Issa Onilu     Okoolowo     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Hijaab     Trader Moni     Saad Omo\'ya     Yakubu Gobir     Ogbondoroko     Kwara State Polytechnic     Yusuf Aiyedun     Malete    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ekiti     Unilorin FM     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Omar Gambari     Saheed Alakoso     Igosun     Mogaji Aare     Galland Marcias     Offa Grammer School     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Oko     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Kwara State Sports Commission     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Kwara State Pension Board     Tayo Alao     Sanitation Exercise     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Saidu Kawu     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Mansur Alfanla     Idris Garuba     TESCOM 2025     Ojuekun Sarumi     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Amule Elementary School     Sam Okaula     Agboola Abdulraheem     Akanbi-Oke     Clara Nwachukwu     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     ITEM 7     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Tanke     Charles Ibitoye     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Muritala Awodun     Obuh     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Iponrin     Oladimeji Thompson     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Moro     IEDPU     Omoniyi Ayinla     Malete     Yusuf Abubakar     Ahmed Dankaya     KWASSIP     Ibrahim Gambari     Adebayo Salami     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Shola Odetundun     Okoolowo     Micheal Imoudu     Offa Metropolitan Club     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Ibrahim Oniye     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Ishaq Oloyede     Esinrogunjo     Budo-Egba     Vasolar Consultoria     Shehu Salau     Oko-Olowo     Mamatu Abdullahi     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Share/Tsaragi     Abdulkarim Adisa     Okala Baba