Troops under Operation MESA have raided an illegal mining site in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State, arresting three suspects and recovering arms and other items.
A counter-insurgency and security expert in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, made this known in a post on X.
Makama said the operation was carried out at about 1:00 p.m. on April 13 at Taki following coordinated efforts between troops of 12 Brigade and local vigilantes.
According to Makama, the suspects claimed to be gold dealers and members of the Miyetti Allah socio-cultural group.
He added that items recovered during the raid include one locally made pistol, four cartridges, two rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition, two motorcycles, three mobile phones, two cutlasses and the sum of N68,100.
\u201cThe suspects and recovered exhibits are currently in military custody for further investigation and necessary action,\u201d Makama said.
He further stated that the operation forms part of ongoing efforts to curb illegal mining and related criminal activities in the state.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Troops under Operation MESA have raided an illegal mining site in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State, arresting three suspects and recovering arms and other items. A counter-insurgency and security expert in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, made this known in a post on X. Makama said the operation was carried out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n