Taraba Special Taskforce Committee intercepts 350 bags of illegally mined solid minerals

By Yusuf Salihu Sansani, Jalingo

The Special Taskforce Committee on illegal Mining in Taraba State has intercepted a trailer load of 350 bags of Iron Monoxide and arrested six persons in connection with the trailer in Garba Chede area of Bali Local Government believed to have been loaded from the nearby Gashaka Local Government where the Gashaka-Gumti National Park is located.

Those arrested with the trailer are Usman Babandi, Husaini Ali 24 years and Iliya Aliyu 32 years from Gombe State, Ibrahim Aliyu 27 years, Aminu Aliyu, as well as Mohammed Abubakar.from Taraba State

The suspects have since been arraigned before the Special Mobile Court on illegal Mining Sitting in Jalingo for trial.

The Chairman of the Special Taskforce and that of Special Mobile Court warned that there will be no hiding place for any criminally minded elements who are not ready to abide by the Executive Order issued by the the Taraba State Governor Dr Agbu Kefas suspending all Mining activities in the State emphasizing that they are determined in enforcing and prosecuting anyone caught violating the executive order.