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Zamfara: FG bans mining, orders foreigners to leave

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The Federal Government has ordered foreigners in mining areas in Zamfara State to leave with immediate effect.

The order came just as it announced a ban on mining activities in the state.

The government also issued a warning that individuals or companies who refuse to obey the order would have their licences revoked.

The Inspector General of Police, Muhammed, made this known on Sunday in Abuja, shortly after a security meeting.

His words:  “Consequently, any mining operator who engages in mining activities in the affected locations henceforth will have his licence revoke.

“All foreigners operating in the mining fields should close and leave within 48 hours.”

Adamu stated police’s determination to end the menace of banditry in the state through the newly launched Operation Puff Adder.

He said the operation which was designed to facilitate the assets of different security outfits in the country would ensure safety of lives and property.

“The operation is aimed at reclaiming every public space under the control of the bandits, arrest and bring to book all perpetrators of violence in the area and their collaborators, achieve a total destruction of all criminal camps and hideouts, mop up all illicit weapons fuelling the violence and attain a full restoration of law and order in the affected communities.

“Our commitment at protecting the sanctity of life and property is irrevocable, and we will not scale-down the pressure on the armed bandits until they are totally flushed-out,” he said.

It would be recalled that the state has been under severe attacks by bandits.

Many lives have been lost and property destroyed.

 

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