Wike orders shutdown of illegal mining camps in FCT

The FCT Minister,  Nyesom Wike, has ordered the immediate and comprehensive clampdown on illegal mining activities springing up around the FCT. Commissioner of Police FCT, Ajao Saka Adewale, disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday while briefing journalists on the outcome of the FCT Security Committee Meeting held at the official residence of the FCT Minister […]

The FCT Minister,  Nyesom Wike, has ordered the immediate and comprehensive clampdown on illegal mining activities springing up around the FCT.

Commissioner of Police FCT, Ajao Saka Adewale, disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday while briefing journalists on the outcome of the FCT Security Committee Meeting held at the official residence of the FCT Minister in Life Camp and chaired by the minister.

The commissioner said, “The issue of illegal mining springing up around the city has equally been of concern, and you would understand the security implications of this. He (FCT Minister) has given a directive that those illegal mining sites be shut down.”

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He also disclosed that the committee, during its meeting, brainstormed on the general security situation in the FCT with specific attention to issues of destitution, illegal IDP camps, proliferation of shanties, street beggars and traffic offences within the FCT, adding that the FCT Minister has tasked the security agencies to rid the FCT of identified security concerns that pose a threat to the security of lives and properties in the FCT.