EFCC arrests 15 suspects with radioactive solid minerals

 
Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) have arrested 15 male suspects for their alleged involvement in illegal dealing on radioactive solid minerals.
 
The commission disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday via its X handle.

The EFCC said the suspects were intercepted and arrested on Sunday, March 8, 2026 along Suleja-Maji Road, Niger State, while conveying the suspected solid minerals in three trucks to several locations across Nigeria for an undisclosed purpose.
 
The suspects are currently undergoing further investigations in the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Commission and would soon be charged to court.