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FG Indicts Firms In N100bn Illegal Mining Activities

Updated Monday 4 September 2017 12:59
FG Indicts Firms In N100bn Illegal Mining Activities
According to a statement issued yesterday by the media assistant to the minister, Olayinka Oyebode,  “Sixteen Chinese nationals and eight Nigerians involved in massive illegal mining were arrested in Zurak, on August 15 at the wake of the shutting down of the two companies on the orders of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Major-Gen Babagana Monguno (rtd), and the Minister when the duo visited some illegal mining sites in the richly endowed lead/zinc belt.

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”The Chairman of Solid Unit Limited, Alhaji Usman Abubakar (aka Dan China) who is regarded as the most notorious illegal miner in the State was also declared wanted by the NSA, who ordered all security agencies to arrest him for acts seen as economic sabotage”, he added.

At the meeting attended by all cadres of the workers in the ministry, the minister said the huge scale of illegal mining by the two companies in Wase was tantamount to economic terrorism.

The minister added that the arrested Nigerians have been in active connivance with foreigners to carry out massive illegal mining in the state, thereby depriving the country of revenue.

“Their unwholesome activities have also led to environmental degradation and abandoned mine pits”, he stated.

Fayemi said the leadership of the ministry carried out the operation that led to the closure of the illegal mining companies/sites and the arrest in a discreet manner because of the massive network of collaborators and informants at the disposal of the companies.

“We didn’t want to leave anything to chance, so it was done discreetly”, he said, adding that it was a successful operation which, according to him, had also restored sanity to the area, which had been under siege of illegal miners and criminal elements for some years.

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