The operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes CommissionEFCC) have apprehended five individuals for conveying three truckloads of assorted solid minerals without proper licensing.
The suspects, identified as Dauda Suleiman, Quadri Oladimeji, Abubakar Alhassan, Anas Sanusi, and Auwal Garba, were intercepted by EFCC operatives along Maraba road in Ilorin, Kwara State, and Ogbomosho, Oyo State, between March 21 and March 22.
According to the anti-graft agency, the arrests were made following credible intelligence and days of surveillance.
However, the suspects, primarily truck drivers with the exception of Quadri Oladimeji and Auwal Garba, who served as truck boys, were found transporting marble stone, white powder, lithium, and lepidolite to Shagamu and Alakija in Ogun and Lagos states without the required license.
Details of the trucks recovered from the suspects revealed that Dauda, Abubakar, and Anas were each carrying a truck with registration numbers JJJ 206 YG (Lagos), T24413 LA (Lagos), and KNT 635 XP (Niger), respectively.
The EFCC, in a statement issued in Ilorin on Tuesday, emphasized its commitment to combatting illegal mining activities and ensuring compliance with regulations governing the extraction and transportation of solid minerals in Nigeria.
This latest operation underscores the agency’s ongoing efforts to clamp down on economic sabotage and illicit activities that undermine the nation’s resources and revenue generation
