Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Hausa man shared footage of illegal gold mining site is located in the Anka LG of Zamfara Nigeria, owned by a former governor, a retired general and a senator
Taking to social media, Mahdi Shehu, shared a video showing the moment workers were working on the illegal gold mining site at Anka Local government area of Zamfara state.Â
He wrote: “ZAMFARA ILLEGAL GOLD MINING:The location is in Anka LG. Sites owned by a former governor,a retired general & a serving senator. No wonder there have never been kidnapping instances at the mining sites because they are well protected. N1000 per day per labourer. Another Militia?”
The police raids to mining sites are to enforce the ban on mining by the federal government after authorities found a connection between the insecurity and activities of gold miners in the state.
The spokesman of the state police command, SP Muhammad Shehu, said such raids were routinely carried out to apprehend those flouting the directive by the federal government to stop all mining activities.
He said the Police Anti-Illegal Mining Squad in the state had made dozens of arrests and prosecuted many suspected illegal miners mostly found at the sites, adding that the operation would continue until all the sites are completely vacated.
