EFCC arrests Kwara driver for alleged illegal mining
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, arraigned a 46-year-old truck driver, Kasimu Bawa, for offences bordering on alleged illegal mining and possession of minerals without lawful authority.
“Mining without license is a criminal offence and an act of economic sabotage.
“Kasimu was prosecuted on an amended one count before Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin.
“He was the driver of the truck conveying the minerals allegedly purchased without license by the Chinese National, Dang Deng, who had been convicted and sentenced to five years on October 19, 2022 by same court,” the commission said in a release via its Facebook page.
The defendant was arrested by the EFCC on September 9, 2022 at Share along Tsaragi Road in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State with a truck containing 25 tons of minerals suspected to be products of illegal activities worth the sum of N2.4 million.
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