EFCC Arrests Seven Suspected Illegal Miners In Kwara

The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Command have arrested seven suspects for illegal mining activities.

The EFCC also arrested two others for offering N1.2 million bribe to compromise the operatives of the anti-graft agency, according to the spokesman of the Commission, Dele Oyewale on Wednesday.

The arrest was carried out after credible intelligence and days of surveillance on Friday, May 24, 2024 at Ogbomosho, Oyo State.

The suspects are Waliyu Abidoye, Abubakar Auwal, Abdulrauf Hakim, Sabiu Usman, Salihu Godwin, Dauda Mohammed and Olalekan Aremu.

The statement reads:

“Investigations revealed that the suspects were not licensed miners and did not have the requisite authority to purchase and possess the minerals. They were also not paying royalties to the Federal and States Governments, as required by law.”

“The duo of Waheed and Olalekan approached the EFCC operatives at the point of arrest and negotiated to give them money in order to have their seized truck released. The officers played along and got the suspects arrested at the point of delivering the money.

“The sum of N995,500 was recovered from Waheed who claimed to be a manager at a filling station in Ogbomosho while the sum of N201,000, was recovered from Olalekan who claimed to be a scavenger.”

The suspects will be arraigned in court upon conclusion of ongoing investigations.

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