The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice has directed the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to investigate two National Democratic Congress executives over allegations of illegal mining.

In a letter issued on July 15, to EOCO, Dr.

Dominic Akuritinga Ayine stated, "I am directing your office to invite the following persons named in recent credible reports for interrogation, namely, Mr.

Yakubu Abanga and Mr.