Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

EFCC Secures Interim Attachment Order on Nine Mineral-Laden Trucks in Ilorin

The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, secured an interim attachment order on nine trucks loaded with assorted solid minerals, as well as the final forfeiture of the contents of another truck, in a sustained crackdown on illegal mining activities in Kwara and Oyo States. The order was granted by Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin following an ex parte application by the EFCC. The trucks were intercepted during a sting operation carried out by operatives of the Commission on February 1…