They both spoke while responding to a query by the Committee Chairman that the members of the Armed Forces and the police were providing security for illegal miners based on reliable reports at a hearing by the House of Representatives Committee on Mineral Resources, chaired by Hon Jonathan Gaza, with stakeholders on illegal mining.
Musa, who was represented by the Director of Operations Defence Headquarters, Air Vice Marshal Nnaemeka Ilo, said they only provide protection for legitimate requests made by legitimate miners, who operate in conflict-inflicted areas.
