on Interior, Senator Adams Oshiomhole, last week stirred a hornet’s nest with a grave allegation that some retired military generals were responsible for illegal mining activities across Nigeria, which fuel insecurity and undermine the country’s efforts to diversify its economy.

Oshiomhole, who made this allegation during the budget presentation of the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, expressed frustration over the federal government’s inaction, urging President Bola Tinubu’s administration to address the illegal mining crisis decisively.

The former Edo State governor compared the situation to the government’s robust measures against illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta, urging similar enforcement in the mining sector.

According to him, “the ongoing illegal mining across the country is being carried out by retired generals, and we know them. They use helicopters to cart away gold, making billions of dollars, while the country suffers”.

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