EFCC Arrests two Chinese, One Other for Suspected Illegal Mining in Ilorin

Date: 2024-02-18

Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested two Chinese: Yang Chao, 39, and Xiao Jiang 38 for suspected illegal mining activities.

According to the statement made available to journalists in Ilorin on Sunday by Head, Media and Publicity of EFCC, the suspects were arrested alongside Chidi Joseph Osuji, 48, suspected to be an accomplice in the illegal business.

The statement added: “Acting on intelligence, the suspects were trailed to their mining sites located at Ogunmakin and Ogere, Ogun State, where they were arrested after days of surveillance.

“Preliminary investigations showed that Chao and Chidi are working as factory manager and machine operator respectively with Cruis Chemical Nigeria Limited located at Ogunmakin in Ogun State, while Jiang works with John Odiba Multibiz as an assistant manager in Ogere, Ogun State.

“The suspects who operate as a cartel allegedly specialise in illegal mining of minerals such as marble stone, white powder, lithium and lepidolite, among others, which they are transporting outside the country through illegitimate means for private gains.

“Investigations also linked the three suspects as owners of the solid minerals being conveyed by the 41 suspects arrested with truck loads of minerals at Share, Banni, Lade, Patigi and Okolowo in Kwara, and Igbeti and Ogbomosho in Oyo state by operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC on on February 5, 2024 .

“They were arrested for engaging in mining activities without requisite licences.

“In another vein, the Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC have also arrested the trio of Sallah Asmau Wuraola, Owoduni Abdullahi Isa (a.k.a Bolaji) who are Point of Sale, PoS cashiers and one Shuaibu Rukayat, a nurse from Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State, for allegedly selling new naira notes of different denominations to customers for commercial purposes.

“The arrest of the suspects followed credible intelligence on elements selling new naira notes to people at event centers, night clubs, hotels and parties without due authorization.

“Wuraola and Rukayat were caught with the sum of N1,220,000 (One Million, Two hundred and Twenty Thousand Naira Only) while Isa was arrested with the sum of N150,000 (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira Only).

“The suspects would soon be charged to court.” concluded the statement.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Shero     Tunji Olawuyi     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Ita-Nmo Market     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Ibrahim Oniye     Wale Oladepo     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Lanre Badmus     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Kayode Alabi     Najim Yaasin     Okin High School     Ilesha-Baruba     Azeez Bello     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Lola Ashiru     Kumbi Titilope     Amuda Bembe     Lateef Fagbemi     Talaka Parapo     Kwara     Bello Bature     Kola Adesina     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     SARS     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Ahmad Lawan     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Isa Aremu     New Nigeria People’s Party     Adamu Atta     Undergraduate Bursary     Esuwoye     IFK     Bayo Ojo     Vasolar Consultoria     Tunde Akanbi     Mujtabah Bature     Ayinke Saka     Agboola Babatunde     IHS Towers     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Isiaka Danmeromu     Saadu Alanamu     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Saliu Tunde Bello     Edu     Aminu Ado Bayero     Bamidele Adegoke     Okin Biscuit     Kolawole Bashirat     Abdulhakeem Amao     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Abdulkarim Adisa     Shoprite     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Obuh     Na\'Allah     Balogun Gambari     Benin Republic     Wahab Issa     Afolayan     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Kwara State Television     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Lai Mohammed     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Harrison Osauwagboe     Yashikira     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Oke-Ogun    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

YAKOOYO     20 Billion Bond     National Pilot     Jide Ashonibare     Musa Alhassan Buge     Adekunle David Dunmade     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Joseph Bamigboye     Ibrahim Abikan     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Adeniyi Ojo     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Donatus Ejidike     Ayinke Saka     Temitope Ogunbanke     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Garment Factory     Adesoye     Ilorin East     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Young Progressives Party     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Abioye Bello     Henry Makinwa     Omu-aran     Oba-Solagberu     Ogbondoroko     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Magaji Are     Shonga     Women Radio     Mahee Abdulkadir     Saka Abimbola Isau     Ndama Al-hassan     Wakilin Mata Lafiagi     Elerin Of Adanla     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Ijagbo Health Centre     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Kwara     Face Masks     Modupe Oluwole     Shuaibu Yaman     Olosi Of Osi     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Tayo Awodiji     Presidential Election     CCT     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Ado Bayero     Abdulrasheed Lafia     S.O. Opowoye     Omar Bolaji Gambari     Zulu Gambari     Sulyman Buhari     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Ahman Patigi     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Egbejila     Shehu Adaramaja     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Hijaab     Arinola Lawal     Na\'Allah     Rasaq Jimoh     Joseph Daudu     Www.Kwarareports.com     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Oke-Odo     KW-GIS     Odolaye Aremu     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Aliyu Muhammed     Musa Aibinu     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue