EFCC Arrests 18 Suspects for Illegal Mining Activities in Kwara

Date: 2024-06-14

According to a news report from Punch, operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested eighteen suspects for offences related to illegal mining activities.

Thirteen truckloads containing assorted solid minerals suspected to be lithium, marble stone, white powder, and lepidolite, among others, were also seized from the suspects.

The suspects are: Saidu Madugu, Adamu Amadu, Lawal Ibrahim, Mohammed Mustapha, Abdulkarim Hassaini, Isiaka Abubakar, Shafiu Salisu, Abdullahi Yanda Isa, Bashiru Mohammed, Anas Saidu, Asa Bature, Abudu Sani, Jabir Salisu, Bello Muhammed, Habilu Idris, Fatai Abdullai, Isyiaka Hamidu, and Oseni Lukman.

All suspects were arrested on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, except for Fatai, Isyiaka, and Oseni, who were apprehended on Thursday, June 13, 2024.

The arrests followed credible intelligence regarding suspects transporting illegally mined solid minerals along the Eiyenkorin-Ballah route in Asa Local Government of Kwara State without lawful authority.

The arrest of the suspects and the interception of the trucks were carried out in collaboration with the patrol team of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kwara Area Command, along Eiyenkorin and Ballah area in Asa Local Government of Kwara State.

Previously, on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, the Ilorin Zonal Directorate had arrested eleven suspects and impounded eight trucks for similar offences.

Authorities have stated that the suspects will be arraigned in court upon the conclusion of ongoing investigations.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Apata Ajele Secondary School     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Saliu Mustapha     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Egbewole     Sai Kayi     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Muhammed Danjuma     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Naira Redesign     Kwara United     Shuaib Jawondo     Owu Fall     Oke-opin     George Funsho Adebayo     Shuaib Olarongbe     Shola Odetundun     Sheikh Alimi     Curfew     Tope Daramola     Shoprite     Alapado     National Pilot     Maigida Soludero Transit     Share-Tsaragi     Kwara Politics     Mohammed Ibrahim     Rihanat Ajia     Atiku Abubakar     Kwara State Fire Service     Pilgrims Board     TIIDELab     Yahaya Seriki     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     National Information Technology Development Agency     Dairo Kunle Paul     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Kola Adesina     Tayo Awodiji     Jimoh Olusola Imam     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     International Vocational Centre     Ilesha-Baruba     Bankole Omisore     SAPZ Project     Bursary     Ohoro Of Shao     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     University Road     Malete     Ayegbeni     Abdulrazaq Sanni     20 Billion Bond     Gbemisola Saraki     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Garba Ado Sanni     Fatai Olodo     Osuwa     Lateef Alagbonsi     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Principal Private Secretary     Gwanara     Funmilayo Zubair     AIT Ilorin     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Yeketi     Rasaq Jimoh     Saba Jibril     Ahmed     Amuda Aluko     Metro Park     CACOVID Palliatives     Ahmad Uthman     Share     Ebola     Damilola Yusuf    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Aliyu Adebayo     Owo Isowo     Isin     Unicontinental Construction Company     Obasanjo     Kwasu     March 18     Razak Atunwa     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Illyasu Abdullahi     Ahmed \'Lateef     Ajikobi     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Daud Adeshola     Paul Odama     Mary Arinde     Kayode Ibrahim     Iqra Books     Sulaiman Gado     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Mohammed Haruna     Tayo Awodiji     Arca Santa     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Balogun Gambari     Rasheed Jimoh     Sheikh Ariyibi     Voices Of Tomorrow     SGBN     Okin High School     Yusuf Badmus     Alfa Belgore     Halimah Perogi     Saka Aleshinloye     Ghali Alaaya     Offa Poly     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Shoprite     Dunmade     Okin Group     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     Hausa     08001000100     Marafan Shonga     Trade Lenda SME Fair     CBT     Henry Olaosebikan     Law School Scholarship     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Hussein Oloyede     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Galadima     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Adeola Abraham     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Abdulwahab Ololele     AGILE Programme     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Erin-ile     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Olatunji Ayeni     Nnazua     Olupako     Simeon Sayomi     Alabi Lawal     Abubakar Imam     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Abubakar Ndakene     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Towoju     Inside Kwara     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Grillo