The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi has accused politicians, royal fathers and influential indigenes of Osun state of sponsoring illegal gold mining activities in the state.

In an interview with Punch, Oba Akanbi alleged that some prominent politicians and royal fathers are hiring labourers who are predominantly youths of northern extraction to engage them in illegal mining activities in the state.

He however, urged the Federal Government to stop individuals from mining gold, saying it is a solution to the security challenge created by the large presence of northern youths in the Ife/Ijesa axis of Osun State, Punch reports.

The royal father also advised Osun State government to take over the mining business in the state.


He said, “Those Hausa Fulani are looking for jobs, and they have jobs on mining sites in the state. The Fulani labourers don’t need visas to enter Osun State because Nigeria is one. People go to where they can find jobs.

“Big men, politicians, traditional rulers in the state are behind illegal mining in Osun and the solution to the security challenges the large presence of the labourers from the North has created is that government should take over that business.

“There is no legal framework for their activities there. There is no law; and where laws are not applied, people will just be acting as they like. Government should take over the business and manage it.”

You’ll recall that the Federal Government recently stopped illegal gold mining in Zamfara state following a spate of crises over gold mining in the state.

Source: https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/oluwo-accuses-royal-fathers-politicians-of-sponsoring-illegal-gold-mining-in-osun/ef0dkev

So people are still farming in Osun, thought they've all been driven away from their farms by "peaceful" Fulanis?

The guy is right based on reports from punch newspapers. Anyway the villagers partly enabled these illegal miners. If they weren't greedy they would jave issues like land degradation and polluted water to contend with. These miners also bullied and intimidated people to commit their criminal acts.

The government needs to spring into action before the situation gets out hand. There's nothing stopping these miners from getting a license and legally oppersting. They simply dont wish to pay taxes or follow environmental regulations.

It's really heart wrecking that some ragtag stark illiterate street urchins of the poverty-stricken desert north can boldly travel more than 1000km down to the southern region to rape, kill, kidnap, steal, destroy and dominate people in their own land.

Where have we wronged Lord Lagarde and British to have joined us with these scumbags of the earth in 1914 ?

We really need to change to some beasts to match this piglets and Parasites

Oluwo is directing his words to Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ooni of Ife.