The NSCDC said the suspects were arrested at Igbariam while conveying the solid minerals without relevant permit.
INVESTIGATION: Beautiful infrastructure but poor staffing, lack of drugs hinder PHC services in Borno communitiesMisunderstanding Africa in the global world of health, By Toyin FalolaHard hit by climate change, farmers in Nigeria’s ‘food basket’ face new foesINVESTIGATION: Beautiful infrastructure but poor staffing, lack of drugs hinder PHC services in Borno communitiesMisunderstanding Africa in the global world of health, By Toyin FalolaNSCDC officials during the parade of the...
The spokesperson gave the names of the suspects as Madueke Akpuchukwu, 53, a male indigene of Awomama town in Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State and Chimezie Ezenduka, also a male resident of Onitsha in Onitsha North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The state commandant said preliminary investigations showed that the 40 ton truck with no registration number was loaded with 600 bags of Kaolin and covered with tarpaulin to disguise it as cement consignment.
“The corps would be unrelenting in discharging its core mandate of checkmating and flushing out illegal miners from the state,” he said.
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