The Federal Government has put a halt to mining in Zamfara State following senseless killings in the state.
Foreign Miners were also ordered to vacate the mining site and its environs immediately.
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The Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu briefed State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa Abuja.
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He said that any foreign miner that continues mining activities would have his license revoked.
According to him, there was a nexus between activities of the bandits and illicit miners.
He also disclosed that a combined team of security forces will be dispatched to the area.
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At the briefing was the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari; Director General, Department of State Services (DSS); Yusuf Bichi and Director General National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Abubakar
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