The Ondo State Government has arrested five suspected illegal sand miners at Ilu-Agbo in the Ese Local Government Area of the state.
The Senior Special Assistant on Mining to Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, Mrs Folawe Sipasi-Aluko, made this known in a statement today in Okitipupa.
According to report, the suspected illegal miners are: David Ayara, David Monday, Bonima Boluwatife, Stanley Odoh, and Wisdom Nomiye.
Sipasi-Aluko led the operation in collaboration with the Federal Mines Task Force and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps.
