EFCC arrests 15 suspects over alleged illegal transport of radioactive minerals

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission person arrested 15 suspects implicit their alleged engagement successful the amerciable proscription of suspected radioactive coagulated minerals.

The apprehension was carried retired by officers from the commission’s Kaduna Zonal Directorate, according to a connection posted connected the agency’s authoritative X page.

The anti-graft bureau said the suspects were intercepted connected March 8, 2026, on the Suleja Maji Road portion transporting the suspected minerals successful 3 trucks.

Findings by the committee bespeak that the materials were being conveyed to antithetic locations crossed the state for purposes that person not yet been disclosed.

The EFCC said the suspects are presently successful custody astatine its Kaduna Zonal Directorate, wherever further investigations are ongoing.

According to the commission, the suspects volition beryllium charged to tribunal erstwhile investigations are concluded.

EFCC arrests 15 suspects implicit alleged amerciable transport of radioactive minerals