June 3, 2026
Abuja, June 3, 2026 (NAN) The Minister of Solid Minerals, Dr Dele Alake, has warned Nigerians against the confrontation, harassment and blackmail of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Mining Marshals.
Alake gave the warning on Wednesday in Abuja, at the inauguration of eight new gun trucks on Wednesday at the NSCDC Headquarters.
He said that anyone with intentions to discredit and frustrate the efforts of the mining mashals in sanitising the solid minerals sector of the economy would been seen as a saboteur.
He also said that some mining marshal have been challenged by persons and institutions who in his estimation were direct beneficiary’s of illegal mining activities.
