More worrisome is the worsening security situation where kidnapping, banditry, rape, and armed robbery in the local government area has become the order of the day, prompting the need for increased surveillance by members of the local vigilante in the troubled community.
Also, a farmer and hunter of Agbokodo quarters, One Omoloja on 21 December, 2021 beaten and macheted by herders on his way back from his hunting adventure. He is currently receiving treatments in an undisclosed hospital in Akoko Edo. The return created tension in the community, just as their activities have become an issue of security threat in the area.
However, the Concern Indigenes of Dangbala said the illegal miners move in with their equipment at ungodly hours and carry on with their activities with impunity. When contacted, the zonal mining officer, Mr Abdulkadiri Adamu, said he was not aware of the return of illegal miners to the area since it was shut down by the Edo Government.
According to Nicholas, “Presently, illegal mining still strives in my community day and night. Those benefiting boasted that they are untouchable. The group stressed the need to allow legitimate license holders to operate became necessary as part of efforts to ensure enduring peace in the community and also to curb the activities of illegal miners in the area.
It would be recalled that the spokesman of the community, Mr Collins Nicholas, had recently raised the alarm of the return of illegal miners to the community months after the place was shut down by the State government over security issues.
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