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EFCC Arrests Five Chinese Nationals for Illegal Mining
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested five Chinese individuals suspected of illegal mining activities in Akwa Ibom
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has apprehended five Chinese individuals suspected of illegal mining activities in Ndito-Eka-Iba village, Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom.
The arrests were made by the Special Task Force on Illegal Mining at the EFCC’s Zonal office in Uyo, following credible intelligence on foreign mining companies’ illicit activities in Eket and Ibeno Local Government Areas of Akwa Ibom.
The five arrested Chinese suspects are Zhon Qinping, apprehended on 10 September, and Li Yi, Xie Bin, Chen Mou Zhou, and Chen Zeng, arrested on 29 August.
They were arrested at an illegal mining site, where a mineral suspected to be ilmenite, a titanium-iron oxide mineral, was being extracted.
The suspects will face charges in court once investigations are concluded, according to Dele Oyewale, EFCC Spokesperson.
The EFCC’s crackdown on illegal mining is part of Nigeria’s anti-graft efforts to curb economic crimes and protect the country’s natural resources.
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