EFCC Arrests Chinese For Suspected Illegal Mining In Ilorin

September 10, 2022
EFCC Arrests Chinese For Suspected Illegal Mining In Ilorin
Gang Deng, suspected illegal miners Photo credit: EFCC
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested a 29-year-old Chinese, Gang Deng, for suspected illegal mining in Ilorin, Kwara State.
According to a statement released on Saturday by Wilson Uwujaren, the EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, Deng was arrested on Friday, September 9, 2022, and found to be in possession of crude minerals without authority.  A truck load of solid minerals suspected to be lepidolite was recovered from him.
 The suspect will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded, the EFCC stated.
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