EFCC Arrests Seven for Illegal Mining and Two for Attempted Bribery

Date: 2024-05-29

According to a news report from the official EFCC Facebook page, operatives from the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested seven individuals for illegal mining activities and two others for attempting to bribe EFCC operatives with N1.2 million.

The arrests were made on Friday, 24 May 2024, in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, following credible intelligence and several days of surveillance. The suspects are Waliyu Abidoye, Abubakar Auwal, Abdulrauf Hakim, Sabiu Usman, Salihu Godwin, Dauda Mohammed, and Olalekan Aremu.

During the operation, five truckloads of assorted minerals suspected to include lepidolite, lithium, and other precious stones were seized. Investigations revealed that the suspects were unlicensed miners lacking the necessary authorisation to purchase and possess these minerals. They were also found to be evading payment of royalties to both federal and state governments.

Additionally, two other individuals, Faleti Waheed and Noah Olalekan, were arrested for offering a N1.2 million bribe to EFCC operatives in an attempt to secure the release of one of the seized trucks. The operatives, pretending to accept the bribe, arrested the duo at the point of transaction. Waheed, who claimed to be a manager at a filling station in Ogbomosho, had N995,500 on him, while Olalekan, who identified as a scavenger, was found with N201,000.

The suspects will be arraigned in court upon the conclusion of ongoing investigations.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ita-Ore     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Cornelius Adebayo     Public Holiday     Oke-Ode     Amoyo     Offa Descendants Union     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     NSCIA     Ramadan     Suleiman Idris     Mashood Dauda     Ijagbo Health Centre     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Paul Odama     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Ijagbo     Rebecca Bake     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Ajase-Ipo     Kayode Ogunlowo     Rapheal Ashaolu     Oluranti Idowu     Kisira     Olatunji Bamgbola     Bayer AG     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Curfew     Yusuf Mubarak     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     CLAY POT     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Adesoye     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Jaigbade Alao     Split Diamond Interchange     Kulende     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Bamidele Aluko     Moronfoye     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Bola Magaji     Orire     Kunbi Titiloye     Irepodun     KSIRS     Jimoh Akani     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Kayode Ibrahim     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     IDPU     Matthew Okedare     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Ileloke     Kwara State Pension Board     Demola Banu     SWAN     Sarkin Malamai     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Olomu     Olaiya Lawal     Aso-ofi     Hussein Olokooba     Olabimpe Olani     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Adanla-Irese     Tunji Folami     Dogara     Salihu Ajia     Woro     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     KWSIEC     Dagbalodo     James Ayeni     Ibrahim Labaika    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

2023 Elections     Nnazua     Ishaq Salman     Dogara     Roseline Oni Aremu     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Matthew Babaoye     Abraysports FC     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Usman Alkali Baba     Oluronke Adeyemi     Dorcas Afeniforo     Bisi Oyeleke     George Innih     Oke-Odo     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Erubu     Baruten     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Afetu Of Alabe     Oye Tinuoye     Fatimoh Lawal     Emir Of Shonga     Barakat Community Secondary School     Modupe Oluwole     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Raheem Adaramaja     Ile Arugbo     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     KWTV     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Ibrahim Mashood     John Mayokun Dada     Emir Of Kano     Olatunji Ibrahim     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     AGF Abdulrazaq     Umar Gunu     Charles Ibitoye     Sarah Alade     Ubandoma     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Rihanat Ajia     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Albert Ogunsola     KWSIEC     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Mohammed Abduraheem     Babatunde Idiagbon     Ita-Nmo Market     Ilorin Like-Minds     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Kaosarah Adeyi     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Aliyu U. Tilde     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Maryam A. Garuba     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Face Masks     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Riskat Opakunle     Arandun     Raimi Iyanda     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Frootify     COEASU     Apaola     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Akanbi-Oke     NIRSAL     Ndama Al-hassan     Olomu Of Omu-Aran