The Osun State Joint Task Force (JTF), recently inaugurated by Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, has apprehended 27 illegal miners, comprising 17 Chinese nationals and 10 locals, including a local traditional chief (Baale).
They were arrested following a coordinated sting operation around Ilesa and Ife axis. Speaking about the development, the Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor, Abdullahi Binuyo, said that no responsible government would fold its arms and watch its land being degraded by unauthorised persons.
He said that besides the economic leakages, the illegal miners also polluted the Osun River with poisonous metals, thereby making it unsafe for human consumption and irrigation. Binuyo was, however, quick to add that apart from ensuring that those arrested are prosecuted, they will also be made to pay compensation.
THE NATION
They were arrested following a coordinated sting operation around Ilesa and Ife axis. Speaking about the development, the Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor, Abdullahi Binuyo, said that no responsible government would fold its arms and watch its land being degraded by unauthorised persons.
He said that besides the economic leakages, the illegal miners also polluted the Osun River with poisonous metals, thereby making it unsafe for human consumption and irrigation. Binuyo was, however, quick to add that apart from ensuring that those arrested are prosecuted, they will also be made to pay compensation.
THE NATION
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