By Awwal Umar Kontagora Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have a...
By Awwal Umar Kontagora
Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested nine individuals suspected of engaging in illegal mining activities in Niger State.
The suspects—comprising five Chinese nationals and four Nigerians—were apprehended in Kaniyan Village, Mokwa Local Government Area, following actionable intelligence on their operations.
The Chinese suspects have been identified as Wu Ping, Xu Xianliang, Xu Aimin, Xeu Cihuo, and Liu Changhua, while the Nigerian suspects are Ibrahim Abdullahi, Sunday Oladele, Destiny John, and Bulus Samuel.
A wide array of items was recovered from the suspects at the time of arrest, including:
One Stamford power generating set
One Super Quality power generating set
One Inlong power generating set
Three industrial crushing machines
Three small industrial crushing machines
One Quangutaigaajing JIareshebei gold melting machine
Four small dumper trucks
Three pay loaders
Three Elepaq water pumping machines
Other recovered items include:
One Tacoma truck
One Lexus 470 SUV
Three diesel storage tanks
One Taiyo power generating set
One Senwei SP6800 small power generating set
One Laison 40000x power generating set
One BX1-400 welding machine
25.2 kg of activated carbon
Four drilling machines
One Kaishan KSCY-33018 power generating set
One JMC power generating set
One Yuchai power generating set
One filing machine
Four gas-powered generators
One extractor
Two large gas cylinders
One Honda pumping machine
One Super Zandaz water pumping machine
One Max Mec welding machine
Two cartons of explosives
Three stone-blasting caps
A white-coloured detection device
Two small scales
Two mining helmets/safety caps
One laptop computer
Seven bottles of chemicals
The EFCC said the suspects will be charged to court upon the conclusion of investigations.
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