The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested 41 suspects and impounded 12 trucks for allegedly being involvedin illegal mining and being in possession of different types of solid minerals without appropriate licences
They were arrested on earliee this week at different locations in Share, Banni, Lade, Patigi and Okolowo in Kwara, as well as in Igbeti and Ogbomosho in Oyo state.
Their arrests followed credible intelligence over activities of illegal miners transporting truckloads of assorted minerals outside the state without the necessary paperwork
The Command had on July 12th, 2023 secured the conviction of a Chinese national, Gang Deng and the final forfeiture of two trucks with its mineral contents to the Federal Government
It also arrested 13 Chinese nationals comprising a female and 12 males for offences bordering on illegal mining.
The suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded
(C) ControlTV 2024.
