Following the arrest of 20 illegal miners, including eight Chinese citizens  in Plateau State on the order of the National Security Adviser, Ali Monguno, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Kayode Fayemi, has accused security operatives of aiding and abetting illegal mining activities. 

The former Governor of Ekiti now Minister of Mines and Steel Development, who addressed security operatives in Kampani Zurak village in Bashar chiefdom of the state, said; 


“It is sad that security operatives are giving them (illegal miners) security cover. If not, why do people guard this site?” the minister said. Fayemi described the illegal miners as economic saboteurs. .

“These miners are illegal. Government did not give them permission to do this, they are economic saboteurs. This cannot happen anywhere else in the world and we will not allow it anywhere in Nigeria. We do not want these miners,” a fuming Mr. Fayemi told the security agents. 

Also speaking on the incident, the Governor of the State, Simon Lalong, said government would sanction any traditional ruler found to have connived with the miners to exploit the community. Lalong also threatened to transfer the divisional police officer in charge of Wase LGA for allowing the illegal miners excavate the land.

Lalong, who was visibly furious over the activities of the miners, alleged that the miners excavate minerals from the site worth N5 billion monthly. In 2014, this community lost over 10 people due to contaminated water following activities of the illegal miners.

http://www.lailasblog.com/illegal-chinese-miners-arrested-plateau-minister-mines-fumes-security-operatives/

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Way to Go! Thumbs up Fayemi & Lalong on this. It will deter many of these illegal Chinese, Indian & Lebanese business operations in Nigeria

Just Some days ago.A Governor of a state,Wike Nyesom declared openly that the Police force are the one abetting kidnapping in his state.

Now,A Minister of the Federal republic of Nigeria is expressing his displeasure about how Security Operatives(mainly police) aid illegal mining of minerals.

If the supposed Political Office Holders dont even trust the NPF,Who am I to trust in them??

I thought it was skull.

They are not serious with their mining.

This news should be all over the newspapers.
If it were Nigerians that did this in their own country now, the news will be all over the place.

No be only Nigerians be criminals.

So much for the camera Ib a paparazzi government.
Only the gullible would be swayed by this showboating of the minister and the governor.
We know wosup, yeah we do.

things that won't be allowed in their country is what they do here. They make people work like slaves when you work in their organization.

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Of course the DPO had to protect them. He will chop his own percentage too

they will never see the inside of kiri kiri prison or kuje..how many foreigners are in nigerian prisonsif african man tries this in china..they will send the person to death and remove their organs

Afonja ratting out the illegal activities of their pedophilia masters. The Chinese were just caught in the cross fire.

This Afonja has balls of steel. Good work Mr Afonja.

So Chinese citizens are involved in this kind of stuff.They are not so smart in "magu magu" like Nigerians.

Mining skull?

Let the law take its course!

See as the Chinese guys sef be

I hope this case will be charged to court and the idiots get long days in the prison...,what Nigerians can't dare do in ur country

kill the stupid guys, naso dem dey kill our flat headed brothers wey dey try develop their own country

And they will be escorted to their homes with heavy security personnel.....

All for the camera... Mtcheew.

Abeg free them later jare. No be Nigeria again? As if the governor was not aware that such illegal activity has been going on for some time!

That is also why when I see some of these fooolish yoots in the Niger Delta saying something like "We South South"... I just laugh. Bunch of imbe.ciles and idiotts.

Look at your "Fellow Compatriots"! Pray tell me, what does Plateau state contribute to the federation account from the " illiegal mining proceeds" or even the so called "Legal mines?" Thats why the Northerners are also here screaming One Nigeria because they know what they are benefitting from our region

Nigeria govt shd take a very bold step on this,take them to court,jail them,Chinese govt don't give a damn about other countries concerning issue like this.Chinese govt take swift punishment on issue like this,they kill foreigners at the spot

Dadurty:
Nigeria govt shd take a very bold step on this,take them to court,jail them,Chinese govt don't give a damn about other countries concerning issue like this.Chinese govt take swift punishment on issue like this,they kill foreigners at the spot

Haha. FG won't do squats because taking them to court would mean that the names of the elders and government officials that took kickbacks will be exposed.

I can assure you that those funding these illegal mining will put a call across and these guys will be back to site within the week.

Good.

If it was NIGERIANS in other countries , you would have seen them in handcuffs and they might even be tied together because we are BLACKS!!!....

As I can see in the picture it was only 1 man who's hands are behind him...who's that man , one of us....


WE ARE OUR OWN PROBLEMS

CNN will not see better news now to cover, if its news that will soil the image of Africa I know them..first to cover breaking news

IffaCatchYouEhn:
Chinese in Nigeria Prison


It's gonna be like Hell on Earth

Them go chop Watery Beans tire

They will never eat watery beans, best they will send them back to China and ban them from entering Nigeria though you can trust they will find their way back after bribing a few Oga at the top Immigration officers.

ESDKING:
I thought it was skull.

They are not serious with their mining.

You just dey find trouble...I hope you will be around when it start

I hope the DPO will face the law too. Which is transfer him to another place. is that one a punishment? He will probably find another means to continue his illegal activities. All of them should be charged to court!

So apart from crude, u mean we have a substance that can give us N5 billion Monthly? ? And and we are still in this recession Chai I weep for this country..we shall see when the value of crude turns zero.. May be by then our govt will start exporting human skulls..