The Federal Government has promised to prosecute the 17 Chinese illegal miners recently apprehended in Osun state, the two caught...
The Federal Government has promised to prosecute the 17 Chinese illegal miners recently apprehended in Osun state, the two caught in Zamfara state and others apprehended for illegal mining to the full extent of the law.
He said that the ongoing pandemic has caused the price of other industrial minerals to crash, save for gold which happens to be the safest currency in the world at the moment. He said, “In the last few days, social media has been flooded with apprehending of illegal miners, it was first in Zamfara state then more recently Osun, if you notice the two states are along the gold vein, we know for sure that in Osun state for example a foreign company is already working on the mine there and we have potentials in so many other areas in Osun and Zamfara for gold.
“Despite the fact that the Federal Government placed a ban on mining activities in Zamfara state early last year, some sort of illegality was still going on especially with foreign nationals. “States may take them for some misdemeanor like environment but the crux of their crime is illegal mining and only the Federal Government has the mandate in Federal High Court.
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