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A storm is raging at a mining and quarry site in Ondo, which has been uncovered as a secret goldmine of a former governor of the state, Dr Olusegun Rahman Mimiko and his associates.

At the center of the storm is a firm known as Francisca Muinat Limited which Mimiko invested in while he was Ondo State governor and brought in his brother, Dr Olubansile Abbas Mimiko, who was practicing as a Psychiatrist in the United States, to look after his interest in the company with Chinese, Spanish, and Nigerian shareholders.

Salaries are not being paid at Francisca Muinat Ltd and workers are dying at the site in ltale Aaye Community in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State, says aggrieved employees. Landowners and residents have also decried what they described as the degradation of their community and vowed to stop further mining activities at the site.

The workers are blaming the management of the company for the death of a sick staff, Femi Adekola aka Baba Latin who was denied a N20, 000 support for hospital treatment even though his employers owe him six months’ salary.

Another staff, Mr Akinwale Akinjuwon Samson, had to engage the company in a legal battle before his one-year salary was settled after a pronouncement by Justice A.A. Adewemimo of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria in Akure Judicial Division.

The Judge says in his ruling: “…’a laborer is entitled to his wages’, to deny him the remuneration for services rendered by him is not only wrongful but inhuman. This Court is a court of Law and Equity. See section 14 of the National Industrial Court Act, 2006.”

NewsmakersNG learnt from lawyers representing the community leaders in Ifedore – the Olu Itale Aaye, Chief Fabiyi Adedayo and Prince Peter Adeleye that they have written the Director-General, Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel in Abuja to revoke the license of Francisca Muinat Ltd over environmental degradation.

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