 The case of alleged illegal dredging at Lagasah community in the Iberjolaki area of Lagos has taken another dimension. Plus, if Africa had earlier reported that members of the community led by the Adolfi of Iberjoland staged a protest accusing daily mortars of operating illegally. However, the Bali of the community, Jiflami di Amosajaro, has for future the claim just like it has us all. Members of Lagasah community are vividly angry about developments in the area, appealing to the government for help. They are accusing daily mortars limited of dredging on their land without a quarry lease agreement. Minister for Mines has called us down to Abuja. We narrated everything to him. And even Minister himself knows what is going. The Minister of Cadestra Mining addresses us. And they ask him to show his cadestra consent, which he did. And the community leader and the chiefs find out the cadrestra is fraud. We catch up with the CEO of Daily Mortars Limited, Opu Deli Umenyora, who provides documentary records of his agreement duly signed by the Bali of the community and not a documentation from the Ministry of Mines and Steel. He explains the bone of contention. Once the demarcation was done, they found out that they're not supposed to be dredging on my title. Because basically the area in which that title was domiciled was different from the area in which they were dredging. Well, the situation of things as we speak is the Bali of the land who signed the consent for me wants me to go ahead and continue my work like normal. But the other illegal operators, they've now sent different tactics and thugs to go ahead and stop my mining operation. As we seek answers, our investigation leads us to the Bali's compound. The aged leader tells his own side of the story. The village is also alleged that Umenyora used thugs to make life unbearable for them. However, the dredger retorts that he only used law enforcement to protect his investment. I was just using enforcement and law to try and stop the illegal operators that were mining on my title, which is within the law. And every time I try and use enforcement and law to stop those illegal operators from operating on my title, then the other part of the villages, the other side of the villages, they now come to attack us. Dili Umenyora wonders why the community would just wake up one day to form and trouble when he has been operating there since 2019. He speaks of plans to pursue the issue to its logical conclusion by involving the local and state governments as well as other legal options. Meanwhile, sub-community members are unrelenting. This time around, they converge on the Bali's compound in protests. Justin Akadoni, Plasti the News Lakers.