The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Oyo State has arrested five individuals for alleged illegal mining.
The state’s NSCDC Commandant, Augustine Padonu, revealed that the suspects were caught with two trucks carrying about 60 tonnes of lithium powder.
The suspects were intercepted by NSCDC personnel at the Ibadan Toll Gate on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
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