The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a 29-year old Chinese national, Gang Deng, for suspected illegal mining in Ilorin, Kwara State.
The anti-graft Commission’s Head of Media and Publicity, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, who disclosed this, said Deng was arrested on Friday, September 9, 2022 and found to be in possession of crude minerals without authority.
He was arrested with a truck load of minerals suspected to be lepidolite, which was recovered from him.
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According to the Commission, Deng will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
