Landslide Kills 30 Persons In Abuja, 19 Kidnapped
About thirty people have lost their lives in a landslide reportedly triggered by activities of illegal miners in the Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Chairman Kuje Area Council, Abdullahi Sabo, disclosed this at a maiden meeting on Thursday attended by FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, alongside the Minister of state for FCT, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud and FCT Permanent Secretary Mr. Olusade Adesola, and six Area Councils Chairmen. “There is the issue of illegal mining in the FCT. There is indiscriminate mining licences given out and this has led to insecurity. They give letters of consent to Chinese people.

