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The management of BUA Group has been using armed militia, soldiers and policemen to mine marble and limestone in mining sites allocated to the Dangote Group, the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development has alleged.<\/p>\n

In a statement signed by the ministry\u2019s Permanent Secretary, Mohammed Abass, on Tuesday, the ministry said the company had been using a combination of armed militia, soldiers and policemen to obstruct the ministry\u2019s team from executing the stop work order issued to the company in October.<\/p>\n

The ministry\u2019s statement was in response to an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari by the company alleging that a minister was involved in sabotaging its operations.<\/p>\n

Abass said that the in the records of the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development and the Nigerian Mining Cadastre Office, the BUA Group did not have a mining lease over the contentious site (No. 2541ML) and was therefore engaged in illegal mining.<\/p>\n

He stated, \u201cThe ministry stands by the stop work order issued to the BUA Group and signed by the Permanent Secretary dated 17th of October, 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe letter was issued after thorough investigation confirmed that the BUA Group was indeed engaging in illegal mining of marble\/limestone at a mine pit located on geographical coordinates N070 21\u2019 47.4\u2019 E0060 26\u2019 51.8\u2019, while the run-of-mine is stockpiled at an area with geographical coordinates N070 21\u2019 48.4\u2019; E0060 26\u201937.2\u2019.<\/p>

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\u201cClarification provided by the Mining Cadastre Office shows that the coordinates of the mine pit and RoM stockpile area fall wholly within the area of mining Lease No 2541ML belonging to Messrs Dangote Industries Limited.\u201d<\/p>\n

Abass added, \u201cThe ministry had earlier in 2015 issued a stop work order on this same disputed site but the BUA Group disregarded the order and went ahead with its illegal mining activities, under heavy cover of armed soldiers, policemen and men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe management of BUA also resisted the enforcement of the latest stop work order issued on October 17, 2017 using a combination of armed militia, soldiers and policemen to obstruct the team from the ministry in effecting the stop work order.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that the ministry would not compromise due process in its commitment to promote local and global investments in the Nigerian mining sector.<\/p>\n

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The management of BUA Group has been using armed militia, soldiers and policemen to mine marble and limestone in mining sites allocated to the Dangote Group, the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development has alleged. 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