111 suspects have been arrested by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
The command revealed that the illegal miners and vandals were arrested between January and March.
The news was disclosed by the commandant, Olusola Odumosu, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday.
He explained that nine of the suspects were arrested for vandalising public infrastructure and 102 over illegal mining.
Speaking on, he said a certain Munkalu Yakubu and 41 others are in court over illegal mining of gold in Dai village, Kwali Area Council.
“There is also an alleged case of illegal mining of gold against one Ibrahim Talasne and 52 others as well as an alleged case of illegal mining of precious stones by one Saidu Ismail and six others who were arrested at CITEC area in Idu.
“One Yakubu Mati was arrested while vandalising railway line armored cable at metro railway station in Idu.“Similarly, Anthong Batoulumen and three others were arrested for vandalising armored cable at Mabushi.
“Obadiah Ezekiel was also arrested for vandalizing a shop at Games Village while Wodi Sunday, Habib Mohammed and Jibirin Idris were arrested for vandalising telecommunication asset and theft,” he added.
Exhibits reportedly recovered from the suspects included a decommissioned telecommunication mast, pumping machine, armored cables, litres of fuel, and gold substance among others.
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