EFCC Nabs Chinese Expatriate For Illegal Mining

In a bid to curbing abdication of royalties payments on mineral resources by miners, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a 29-year-old Chinese, Gang Deng, for alleged illegal mining in Ilorin, Kwara State.

This was disclosed by EFCC head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwajuaren, in a statement on Saturday.

The statement disclosed that Deng was arrested on Friday night, September 9, 2022 in Ilorin and found to be in possession of crude minerals without authority.

“A truckload of minerals suspected to be lepidolite was recovered from him,” the statement said.

It said that the suspect would be charged to court as soon as investigations on the matter are concluded.