Security Task Force arrests 26 illegal gold miners in Ondo

The Security Task Force and officers of the Nigerian Army have arrested 26 illegal miners in Laje, Ondo town, during a joint operation.

The security task force had last month arrested 12 illegal miners in various parts of the state.

Addressing newsmen during the handing over of the suspects at the 32 Artillery Brigade, Owena Cantonment of the Army, the State Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Rasaq Obe, noted that the arrest of the illegal miners is to prevent future disasters.

According to him, the illegal miners would become the terrorists, kidnappers, killers, in the bushes.

He added that the men of the Nigerian Army are stepping in proactively in the bushes, weeding the illegal miners out.