{"id":361625,"date":"2025-07-31T08:34:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T07:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=361625"},"modified":"2025-07-31T08:34:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T07:34:07","slug":"dele-alake-insists-fg-wont-yield-to-blackmail-over-mining-clampdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/07\/31\/dele-alake-insists-fg-wont-yield-to-blackmail-over-mining-clampdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Dele Alake insists FG won\u2019t yield to blackmail over mining clampdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Alake said mine marshals were accused of bribery, but accusers vanished without returning to present the evidence they promised.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>He revealed that a television station aired a paid report but later apologised publicly after a defamation suit was filed.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The minister of solid minerals development, Dele Alake, has declared that the federal government will not surrender to pressure over the fight against illegal mining.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that certain individuals with long-standing benefits from unlawful mining are attempting to resist reforms through deliberate smear campaigns and blackmail tactics.<\/p>\n<p>Alake made the statement during a performance review retreat held in Abuja for stakeholders in the solid minerals sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe challenges that I\u2019ve seen, in a nutshell, are not administrative at all; they are external,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst, on the security, the efforts that we\u2019ve made so far in curbing or stemming the tide of insecurity and illegal mining operations are facing serious pushback from those who are benefiting from the nefarious activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He accused vested interests of orchestrating false allegations against officers enforcing mining regulations through the newly inaugurated mine marshals.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, opponents fabricated bribery claims against the head of the unit in an attempt to frustrate government intervention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, some came to say that the leader of the mine marshals is asking them for bribes and that they\u2019ve paid him bribes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said, \u2018wow, this is what I\u2019ve been looking for. Please give me the evidence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of them said he was coming back the following day with the evidence. That was six months ago. I\u2019m yet to see him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alake also recounted how a television broadcaster was compelled to issue a public apology after airing a misleading report targeting the mine marshals&#8217; leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt some point, the man came to me to say one medium blackmailed him,\u201d Alake said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said, \u2018well, did you do it?\u2019 He said no, he didn\u2019t do it. I said, okay, get a lawyer to sue that medium. And he did.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cForty-eight hours later, that same medium, a TV station, put up a public apology because they were paid to do the hatchet job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The minister condemned unethical practices by some journalists, noting that misrepresentation and bias were being used to undermine his ministry\u2019s integrity.<\/p>\n<p>He stated, \u201cLike every profession in this degeneration, also in journalism, there\u2019s no balancing of reportage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alake stressed that the federal government remains focused on its reforms and would not be discouraged by smear tactics or false narratives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur hands are on the plough, and there\u2019s no looking back,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not going to remove anybody from the mine marshals except if I see concrete evidence of malfeasance or misdemeanour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I am one person that never buckles under any blackmail. No inducement can sway me at all. 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