Elders, chiefs cry out as foreign illegal gold miners take over Cross River community

Elders, chiefs cry out as foreign illegal gold miners take over Cross River community

The people of Ifumkpa in Akamkpa LGA of Cross River State have raised the alarm over the large number of foreign illegal gold miners in the community. Leaders of the community told DAILY POST that the gold miners do not pay any form of royalties. They alleged that the foreigners have influenced their own youths to turn against them, to the extent that any time they question the illegal miners, the youths will beat them up and threaten their live…