Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Kwara Courts Jail One for Illegal Possession of Solid Minerals, Three others for Internet Fraud

Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court, Ilorin has convicted and sentenced a truck driver, Olamilekan Basit to one year imprisonment for being in possession of solid minerals without lawful authorisation. Olamilekan was arrested in Balla, Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State for unlawfully transporting 30 tons of assorted solid minerals without proper authorization. Also convicted and sentenced by the judge is a 25-year-old professional photographer, Oyerinde Gbolahan Sodiq, who bagged three hundred hours community service at five hours per day for offences that border on inte…