The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has apprehended five suspected Chinese illegal miners in Ndito-Eka-Iba village, Ibieno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.
Dele Oyewale, the Spokesperson of the anti-graft agency, disclosed this in a statement he issued to the media on Sunday in Abuja.
He said the arrests were made by the Special Task Force on Illegal Mining at the Commission’s Zonal office in Uyo.
Oyewale stated that the arrests followed credible intelligence on foreign mining companies’ illicit activities in Eket and Ibieno Local Government Areas of Akwa Ibom State.
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He said: “The five arrested Chinese suspects are Zhon Qinping, apprehended on 10 September, and Li Yi, Xie Bin, Chen Mou Zhou, and Chen Zeng, arrested on 29 August.
“They were arrested at an illegal mining site, where a mineral suspected to be ilmenite, a titanium-iron oxide mineral, was being extracted.
“The suspects will face charges in court once investigations are concluded.”
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