The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested forty-one (41) suspects and impounded twelve (12) trucks over their alleged involvement in illegal mining and being in possession of different types of solid minerals without appropriate licences
Some of them were arrested on Monday, February 5, 2024 at different locations in Share, Banni, Lade, Patigi and Okolowo of Kwara state. Others were arrested in Igbeti and Ogbomosho in Oyo state.
According to the financial crimes watchdog, their arrest followed credible intelligence over activities of illegal miners transporting truckloads of assorted minerals outside the state without requisite licences.
The suspects arrested are Nura Lawan, Tunde Jimoh, Sani Umar, Oyeleke Sunkanmi, Adegboyega Oluwashola, Mohammed Umar, Muhammed Abubakar, Dawud Muideen, Chukwu Okpara Idam, Ganiyu Roqeeb, Umina Umina, Nura Ibrahim, Isiyaku Jibril and Samaila Ibrahim.
Others are Idris Isah, Abdullahi Adamu, Yusuf Auwal, Aminu Usman, Muhammed Musa, Yusuf Ibrahim, Abdullahi Sani, Ishola Mayowa Qudus, Zakariyau Yusuf, Abubakar Dauda, Mohammed A Mohammed, Soliu Mohammed, Sunday Adewale and Adeyemi Michael.
The EFCC added that the suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
