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A Lagos State Mobile Court in Oshodi on Saturday sentenced a 25-year-old man, Kabiru Mohammed, to six weeks in a correctional centre with an option of a fine for impersonation and assault.
Mr Mohammed was arrested at the airport area of Lagos riding a motorcycle painted with the colour of the Nigerian Army and parading himself as a soldier.
In a statement by Taofeek Adebayo, the spokesperson of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce), the suspect was arrested along with his commercial motorcycle painted in camouflage after assaulting members of the enforcement team of the agency with other miscreants at Airport Bus-stop along Lagos-Abeokuta Express-way.
Even though women make up a majority of the workforce in many artisanal mines, they are mostly relegated to the menial and lower-paid sectors of mining.