EFCC Arrests Five Illegal Miners In Kwara.
Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested five persons for possession and conveyance of three truckloads of assorted solid minerals mined without license.
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.
Their arrest was effected along Maraba road, Ilorin Kwara State and Ogbomosho, Oyo State, between March 21 and March 22.
The anti-graft agency said in a statement in Ilorin on Tuesday that the arrest of the suspects followed credible intelligence and days of surveillance.
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