The Oyo State government has said that it has arrested illegal miners in Idi-Ayunre in the Oluyole Local Government Area of the state and seized the facility the miners used for processing of illegally mined minerals. The state Governor, Seyi Makinde, who made this known on Saturday in a statement said that the undisclosed number of illegal miners were arrested following a tip off about a facility they were using in the area to process illegally mined minerals.
On Saturday, Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde swooped on a facility being used by suspected illegal miners to process and package lithium out of the state.