The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, has arrested 41 suspects and impounded 12 trucks for their
alleged involvement in illegal mining and being in possession of different
types of solid minerals without appropriate licences
They were arrested on Monday, February 5, 2024 at different
locations in Share, Banni, Lade, Patigi and Okolowo in Kwara, and Igbeti and
Ogbomosho in Oyo state. Their arrest followed credible intelligence over
activities of illegal miners transporting truckloads of assorted minerals
outside the state without requisite licences.
The suspects 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 Command had in July 12, 2023 secured the conviction of a
Chinese national, Gang Deng and final forfeiture of two trucks with its mineral
contents to the Federal Government, while it 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.
