Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State. Credit: Osun State Government
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has raised the alarm over the unregulated influx of people from northern states into the state’s mining communities, warning that some arrivals are importing banditry and criminal activities that have destabilised the North West.
Concerned that the development poses a security threat, the governor also announced the establishment of a mining community intelligence architecture to strengthen surveillance and intelligence gathering across mining communities, particularly in the Ife-Ijesa axis.
Adeleke made this known on Tuesday at a stakeholders’ conference on mining security in Osogbo, convened to address emerging security challenges in the state’s mining sector.
This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed.
