EFCC Arrests 41 Suspects, Impounds Truckloads of Lithium in Kwara

Date: 2024-02-07

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ilorin Zonal Command, has arrested 41 suspects and impounded 12 trucks containing different types of solid minerals mined without license.

Parading the suspects in Ilorin on Tuesday, the Zonal Commander of EFCC, Mr Michael Nzekwe said that the suspects were picked from various locations including Patigi, Igbeti and Ogbomoso areas near Kwara state.

The Commander said that most of the arrested suspects were truck drivers adding that some of them had named some foreign nationals and one or two Nigerian big men who were behind the illegal Mining.

He warned that the EFCC would not relent in its efforts to fight against corruption just as it is leaving no stone unturned in breaking the rings of the illegal mining operators across the country adding “Aside from the law that frowns on illegal mining activities, the act is an economy sabotage capable of causing environmental devastation, socio-economic hardship, insecurity, banditry and a host of other vices.”

According to him, the offence is punishable with life imprisonment under Section 1(8) (b) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act Cap M17, 1983.

The Suspects arrested include; 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 rest are Idris Mohammed, Auwal Adam, Yusuf Ibrahim, Abdullahi Lawal, Damilare Samuel, Idris Oyeniran, Peter Gaya, Sulaiman Kabiru, Abdulwasiu Jimoh, Azeez Taofik, Isyaka Olalekan, Taofik Bello and Sadiq Murtala.”

He added, “Details of the registration number of the twelve trucks impounded by the anti-graft agency are: FG 179 6B, KWM 398 XA, TRE 419 YJ, ABC 795 XD, KWS 351 XC, ZUR 370 XJ, YL 667 XA, T3815 LA, AAA998XA, SHD 625XA and KWM 416 XA.

“Preliminary investigations showed that the minerals suspected to be marble stone, white powder, lithium and lepidolite, among others, are being transported outside the country for production of goods at the expense of the Nigerian economy”, Nzekwe said.

He said that the suspects would be arraigned in court upon the conclusion of the ongoing investigations.

It would be recalled that the EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Command had in 2022 secured the conviction of a Chinese national, Gang Deng and the final forfeiture of two trucks with its mineral contents to the Federal Government, while it arrested 13 Chinese nationals comprising of a female and 12 males on July 12, 2023, for offences bordering on illegal mining.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Musa Abdullahi     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Igosun     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     NFAI     Niyi Ogundiran     Orire     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Alabe     Minimum Wage     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Students Union Government     Kwara State Fire Service     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Joseph Daudu     Nurudeen Mohammed     Lawan     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     NIPOGA     Adaramaja     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Akanbi-Oke     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Micheal Imoudu     Issa Manzuma     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Agboola Abdulraheem     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Michael Nzwekwe     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Onilorin     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Dasuki Belgore     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Muhammadu Buhari     Abiodun Oyedepo     Haliru Yahaya     Wahab Isa     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     NIRSAL     Aminu Adisa Logun     PharmAccess Foundation     Principal Private Secretary     Isiaka Alikinla     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     All Peoples Party     Mutawalle     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Budo-Egba     Crystal Corner Shops     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Sadiq Buhari     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Omotoso     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Saliu Oluwole     Fulani     Kola Shittu     Senate     Bello Oyedepo     Gbugbu     Orisun Igbomina     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Reuben Paraje     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Donatus Ejidike     Doyin Group     Ileloke     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Voices Of Tomorrow     Yakub Lai Gobir     Bolakale Saka     Hussein Olokooba     Mutawalle     Matthew Babaoye     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Toyin Abdullahi     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Eleyele     Omupo     Amasa     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Lateef Fagbemi     Ibrahim Abiodun     Abubakar Atiku     Twitter     Post Utme     Kwarareports     ASUU     JAAC     Ilorin Emirate     Kulende     Ekiti     Radio SBS     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Kayode Laro     Saidu Isa     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Abegunde Goke     Wahab Isa     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Tunde Yusuf     Okin Biscuits     Idi-Ape     Quarry Royal Valley     Umaru Saro     Doyin Awoyale     Bolaji Aladie     Wole Oke     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Balogun-Ojomu     Olofa Of Offa     Ajayi Okasanmi     Lai Mohammed     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Waheed Ibrahim     Sherif Shagaya     Elerin Of Adanla     MAI Akande     AbdulHamid Adi     Babatunde Idiagbon     Wahab Egbewole     Erubu     Saidu Yaro Musa     Taiwo Joseph     UITH     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Share-Tsaragi     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Kwara State Television     Fareedah Dankaka     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     Gbugbu International Market     Monthly Sanitation     Mufutau Olatinwo     Tunde Oyawoye     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Sa\'adu Salau     Olaitan Buraimoh