8 Arrested For Illegal Quarrying  In Kwara,3 Trailers Loaded With Marble Stones Recovered

Kwara state police command on Thursday disclosed that eight people have been arrested for illegal quarrying  while three trucks loaded  with marbles stones were also recovered from them.

Spokesman for the Nigeria Police Force in Kwara state,   Mr Ajayi Okasanmi, a Superintendent of Police, noted in a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com that the suspects had since been taken to court.

‘Acting on a petition and the letter written to the commissioner of police , Kwara State, CP Paul Odama psc (+) by the residents and natives of Patigi in Patigi Local government area of  the state and the Association of Licenced Miners of Kwara State to the effect that illegal miners have turned their ancestral lands to a beehive of illegal mining of the mineral resources thereby causing ecological problem and sabotage to the economy of both the state and the federal governments.

Based on this petition, a team of Kwara State Police Command’s operatives were dispatched to the area to arrest and if possible recover and impound any illegally mined minerals in the said area.

The police team swung into action and on 30/10/2022 at about 0200hrs the suspects named hereunder were arrested with three trailers loaded with marbles that were  illegally mined.

Abdulbagi Sadiq ‘m’ aged 28yrs with a Trailer with registration number SGM 222 ZR, Isah Amisu ‘m’ aged 28yrs with a Trailer with registration number GBE 347ZE, Mohammed Zanihat Idris aged 27yrs ‘m’ with a Trailer with registration number BWR 151 YL, Alhassan Rabiu ‘m’, Mohammed Abdulbagi ‘m’, Ibrahim Sule Balarabe ‘m’ Mohammed Dalhatu Idris and Abubakar Tasiu. 

The suspects were arrested in Share, Tsaragi and Patigi areas of the state.

Exhibits have been recovered and taken to the police headquarters, while the suspects after interrogation and confessions have been taken to court.

The command is stating with all sense of responsibility that economic sabotage and any acts inimical to the health and security of lives and property of the citizens and people of the state would be resisted. 

The CP is therefore advising the good people of kwara state to join hands with the police to rid the state of all forms of criminality’ the statement submitted-Team@orientactualmags.com
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