EFCC Confiscates Three Trucks of Solid Minerals in Kwara

Date: 2024-03-27

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) in Ilorin, Kwara State, have arrested three trucks laden with assorted solid minerals mined without license.

The operatives also arrested five persons for allegedly being in possession of the materials.

They are Dauda Suleiman, Quadri Oladimeji, Abubakar Alhassan, Anas Sanusi, and Auwal Garba. The suspects are truck drivers, except Quadri Oladimeji and Auwal Garba, who are truck boys.

Spokesperson of the EFCC Dele Oyewale said 'their arrest, which was effected along Maraba road, Ilorin, and Ogbomosho, Oyo State, between March 21 and 22, followed credible intelligence and days of surveillance.

He added: “The suspects were arrested while conveying solid minerals suspected to be marble stone, white powder, lithium, and lepidolite to Shagamu and Alakija in Ogun and Lagos state for commercial purposes without license.

“They claim to be hired. This latest arrest brings to 46 the number of persons arrested, and 15 vehicles seized in the last one month over similar offences. The suspects will be arraigned in court after investigations.”

The command, on February 5, arrested 41 persons over suspected illegal mining and impounded 12 truckloads of assorted minerals mined without license.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Mufti Of Ilorin     Ndama Al-hassan     Afonja     Al-Hikmah Radio     Kolade Solagberu     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Kwara State Fire Service     Afonja Descendants Union     Abdullahi Biffo     Coronavirus     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Kwabes     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Bamidele Aluko     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Zulu Gambari     Tosin Saraki     Yusuf A. Usman     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Adeniyi Ojo     Isiaka Danmeromu     Principal Private Secretary     Alliance For Democracy     Ibrahim Gambari     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Lola Ashiru     Ilorin Like-Minds     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Idi-Ape     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     KWASSIP     Senate Presidency     Lawal Jimoh     Danladi     JAAC     2023 Elections     Saliu Oluwole     Yahaya Muhammad     Opobiyi     Kwara Pdp     Makama Of Ilorin     Sunday Fagbemi     V.O. Abioye     Jawondo     Makama Of Kaiama     Inside Kwara     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Abraysports FC     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Goodluck Jonathan     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Ilorin     Harafat E. Mukadam     Share/Tsaragi     Maigida Soludero Transit     CBT     Hausa     Abdulwahab Oba     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Abdulkadir Orire     Durosinlohun Kawu     John Olajide Adedipe     Babs Iwarere     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Zaratu Umar     Kwara Basketball Association     Bilikis Oladimeji     Akorede     Apaola     Saka Adeyemo     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Suleman Abubakar     Salihu Yahaya     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Timothy Akangbe     Salaudeen Oyewale     Kanu Agabi     Emmanuel Bello     Ajuloopin     Arinola Lawal     Florence Saraki     Ilota     Amuda Musbau     Ayinke Saka     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Ojuekun Sarumi     Bayo Onimago     Kehinde Boyede     Nigeria Computer Society     Usman Rifun     Ayinde Oyepitan     CCT     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Sobi Hill     Suleiman Mora Omar     Kayode Issa     Jaiz Bank     Ado Bayero     Rebecca Bake     Biliaminu Aliu     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Kola Olota     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Na\'Allah     Lanre Issa Onilu     Transition Implementation Committee     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     April 11     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Muslim Cementary     Isaac Gbenle     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Khairat Gwadabe     Babajide Ajayi     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Abikan     Razak Atunwa     Public Holiday     Olatunji Bamgbola     Sulyman Tejidini     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     A.E. Afolabi     Christopher Ayeni     Wasiu Onidugbe     Assayomo     Folaranmi Aro     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Kwha.gov.ng     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Wahab Issa     Galland Marcias     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Omupo     Sunset Workers     Sodiya     Nurudeen Mohammed     Oko     Abatemi-Usman     IYA ALFA NLA     Saba Mamman Daniel     Code Of Conduct     Idiagbon