The Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, has convicted and sentenced two individuals and imposed a fine on a company for engaging in illegal mining activities in violation of the Nigerian Minerals and Mining Act, 2007.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission disclosed the convictions in a statement posted on its official Facebook page on Thursday.
The EFCC stated that the judgment followed the successful prosecution of the defendants by its Ilorin Zonal Directorate.
The convicts, Samuel Sunday and Saheed Lawal Akanji, alongside his company, Saaskrona Nigeria Limited, were arraigned before Justice Abimbola Awogboro on separate charges bordering on unlawful dealing in and processing of solid minerals without the requisite licences.
According to the EFCC, the prosecution stemmed from credible intelligence indicating that some individuals were illegally processing and trading in solid minerals in parts of Kwara State without obtaining the licences required under the law.
The commission
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