{"id":201258,"date":"2022-07-04T23:01:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T22:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=201258"},"modified":"2022-07-04T23:11:24","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T22:11:24","slug":"niger-govt-suspends-mining-activities-after-deadly-attack-at-shiroro-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/07\/04\/niger-govt-suspends-mining-activities-after-deadly-attack-at-shiroro-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger govt suspends mining activities after deadly attack at Shiroro mine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Niger State Government on Monday ordered the immediate suspension of mining activities across the state and directed security agencies to profile mining sites in areas that are prone to bandit attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The ban came on the heels of last week\u2019s attack at a mine at Shiroro Local Government of the state. No fewer than 45 people including 37 security personnel were killed by the gunmen during the attack. The gunmen also abducted four Chinese workers and some civilians.<\/p>\n<p>The Secretary to the State Government, Ahmed Matane, in a statement, said the decision to suspend mining activities in the state became necessary following increasing insecurity in mining areas recently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing bandits\u2019 attack on a mining site in Ajata Aboki Village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, Governor Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has ordered the immediate suspension of all mining activities in Shiroro, Munya, and Rafi Local Government Areas, over continued bandits\u2019 attacks,\u201d Mr Matane said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the suspension is until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is observed that these mining sites now attract or even accommodate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/07\/03\/how-52-year-old-woman-died-protecting-son-from-bandits-in-bauchi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criminals<\/a> with prospective threats to the security of lives and property.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe SSG warned that any mining operator caught engaging in mining activities in the areas mentioned would face the full wrath of the law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe State Government has directed security agencies in the State to profile all mining sites in the affected Local Governments with a view to ascertaining their genuineness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat Government would not scale down pressure on the armed bandits, kidnappers, cattle rustlers, and other criminal elements until they were flushed out of the state,\u201d Mr Matane said in the statement<\/p>\n<p>He urged the people of the state to be security conscious and report all suspicious characters, movements, or objects in their communities to security agents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Niger State Government on Monday ordered the immediate suspension of mining activities across the state and directed security agencies to profile mining sites in areas that are prone to bandit attacks. 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