An officer of the Nigeria Police Force, CSP Abdulmajeed Abisoye Oyewumi has been captured on video threatening to deploy the Nigerian Army to “bombard” a location under lawful prosecution being undertaken by the Mining Marshals, in charge numbers FHC/ABJ/CR/577/2024 and FHC/ABJ/CR/131/2025, which are both pending before the Federal High Court, Abuja Judicial Division.
The Signal can exclusively report that the location, which is being secured by the Mining Marshals is situated at Rafin Gabas, within Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
In the now-circulating footage, CSP Oyewumi is heard on video saying: “We will bombard this place with Nigerian Army if you don’t leave.”
The threat came in the context of a deepening conflict between rogue mining interests and lawful enforcers from the NSCDC.
The video, alongside photo evidence obtained by The Signal paints a damning picture of police interference, threats of military violence, and attempts to compromise ongoing prosecution of the offenders standing trial following arrest for illegal mining offences.
Our investigation reveals that CSP Oyewumi had earlier approached the Legal Department of the Mining Marshals – a unit under the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), offering Five Million Naira (₦5,000,000) in cash for the release of a second group of illegal mining defendants who were apprehended on the site and later charged to Court.
Critically, Oyewumi did not identify himself as a police officer during the meeting.
Unknown to Oyewumi, the NSCDC Legal Department is fitted with audio surveillance systems, and every conversation in the office was being monitored and recorded.
In the recordings, CSP Oyewumi is heard attempting to broker an illegal deal while posing as a concerned “stakeholder,” rather than an officer of the law sworn to uphold justice.
The Signal gathered that this is not the first time CSP Oyewumi has tried to disrupt mining law enforcement efforts.
According to internal NSCDC reports, Oyewumi previously invaded the mining site with 30 armed policemen, in a heavily armed attempt to forcibly evict the Mining Marshals who were lawfully deployed to protect the crime scene to prevent any tampering with evidence pending prosecution.
The situation nearly descended into a bloodbath but was tactfully de-escalated by the professional restraint shown by the Mining Marshals on the ground.
“If we had responded with the same level of aggression, there would have been fatalities,” said a senior officer within the Marshals, who spoke under condition of anonymity.
In an even more disturbing twist, it has been confirmed that CSP Oyewumi was instrumental in recruiting Arise TV reporter Tolu Ojewunmi to allegedly sabotage judicial proceedings.
Disguised as a sympathizer, Oyewumi allegedly extracted confidential information from the Mining Marshals — including the date and time of the court arraignment of the first set of arrested suspects.
That information was then allegedly leaked to the defendants, who immediately absconded, abandoning court proceedings entirely till date.
The same reporter has also been accused of cyberbullying the Commander of the Mining Marshals.
His social media posts have peddled false and defamatory claims against the unit, claims that he has repeatedly failed to substantiate despite formal requests to provide evidence.
Sources within the NSCDC confirm that Ojewunmi is now being processed for arrest and prosecution on the grounds of obstruction of justice, interference with legal proceedings, and defamation.
“Freedom of the press does not mean freedom to undermine justice or manipulate facts,” said a legal officer from the Mining Marshals, who added that the decision and flagrant threats by the Police to bombard the locus criminis being lawfully protected by the Mining Marshals is illegal.
According to the legal officer, if you are alleging disobedience to an order of Court, the proper procedure is to initiate a contempt proceedings and allow the Court to have the final say after the alleged contemnor has been duly heard.
He also wondered what the Police was doing at night on a different site being protected by the mining marshals pending prosecution, especially when the site itself was not mentioned in the alleged court Order being paraded by CSP Abdulmajeed and his team.
He also queried why the Police appeared desperate to overrun the due process of law, even after the Police has been duly served with necessary processes challenging the said Order of Court referred.
The Nigeria Police Force is yet to issue an official statement as of the time of this report.