Three weeks after federal Government has ordered the closure of an illegal mining site being operated by some illegal miners at Ilate Etido Community in Obafemi - Owode Local Government Area of Ogun state, armed land grabbers on Friday, invaded the community unleashing terror on the villagers.
According to the Baale of Ilate Etido Community, Chief Samsudeen Akintunde Ajibawo, the two parties involved in the issues; Ilate Etido Community and De- Pass were invited to Abuja on Thursday by the Federal Government and both parties were told that the site remained closed . The Baale stated " On Thursday, Ilate Etido Community and Depass met in Abuja on the order of the Ministry of Solid Minerals , We were addressed by the Director of Mines, Abuja, who talked to us that FG has sealed the site since they have seen that Ojbabs don't have documents to operate at the site and that Ojbabs should never go there to operate again and that anybody including me or the community should not go there.
" To our surprise this morning, land grabbers armed with dangerous weapons on the order of Ojbabs invaded the community, beaten and wounded many innocent residents of the community who were on peaceful protest, While others were hounded into the bush".
The land grabbers said to have invaded the community on Motorcycles (Okada) dismantled the blockades, and forcefully broke the the locks leading to the site and started their illegal mining activities again.
They (land grabbers) were also said to be operating from a nearby community not far from Ilate Etido.
" They have started dredging again and loading trucks with sand at the site.
" I humbly call on Federal Government and the Ogun State to deploy security personnel back to the site at Ilate Etido Community so as to save us from another attacks from the hands of the land grabbers acting on order of Ojbab", the Baale concluded.
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