An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Monday ordered the remand of 41 illegal miners in Agodi Correctional facility over alleged mining of gold, property worth N1.248million belonging to Oyo State Government.
The defendants, of undisclosed address pleaded guilty to the charges against them.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs O. O. Ogunkanmi, who did not take the plea of the defendants, ordered that they should be remanded at Agodi Correctional facility pending the outcome of the case file at the Oyo State Ministry of Justice.
Ogunkanmi, thereafter, adjourned the matter until Feb. 6 for hearing.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the police accused the defendants of conspiracy and illegal mining.
The defendants: Babangida Salihu, 25, Adamu Sanni, 39, Abdulaziz Lawal, 18, Mamman Ibrahim, 50 and 37 others were arraigned before the court on the two counts.
The Police…
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