Illegal miners dey steal $9bn from Nigeria every year, no be small thing

Naija, una see wetin dey happen? FCT Police Commissioner Ajao Adewale don talk am clear. Illegal mining wey powerful Nigerians dey run with foreign fronts dey cost us $9 billion every year. That one na over ₦13.7 trillion wey dem dey chop from our ground.

Dem say Zamfara, Nasarawa, Kogi, Kaduna, Niger, Kwara, Osun and even parts of Abuja na where dem dey do this thing. And na the same money dey feed bandits and terrorists. So when you hear gunshot for village, na from this same illegal mining money dem buy ammo.

Between 2023 and 2024, dem don arrest 72 suspects for Abuja alone. But the real big men dey hide. The Mining Marshals Commander Attah Onoja say media must help expose them. So wetin we go do? Open your eyes and report anything wey you see for your area. This matter na our collective wahala.