NSCDC arrest three suspected illegal miners in Kwara 

Three suspected amerciable miners transporting coagulated minerals believed to beryllium lithium ore without valid documents person been apprehended by the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).

The authorities commandant of NSCDC, Abbas Nda Mohammed, portion briefing newsmen connected Tuesday gave the names of the suspects arsenic Musa Abdullahi, 45, Aliyu Ibrahim, 20, and Ishaq Ibrahim, 51, each from Keffi successful Nasarawa State, saying that they were apprehended during an intelligence-led cognition by operatives of the Mines and Steel Unit attached to the Command’s Special Patrol Team.

He said, “The cognition formed portion of the corps’ renewed crackdown connected amerciable mining and economical sabotage successful the state.”

Abbas explained that the suspects were arrested connected the Jebba Expressway successful the Okolowo country of Ilorin astatine astir 10 p.m. connected Friday.

His men, helium said, intercepted a motortruck bearing registration fig DKA 990 XJ, Kaduna State, conveying astir 36 tonnes of substances suspected to beryllium lithium ore.

Preliminary investigations, according to the authorities commandant of NSCDC, showed that the suspects failed to provid...