Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested six Nigerians and two Chinese nationals over illegal mining in Ogun.
The operatives, attached to the Lagos Zonal Directorate in Ikoyi, apprehended the suspects during a sting operation on Friday, May, 9, 2025, according to a statement by Dele Oyewale, the commission’s spokesman..
He identified the suspects as Zhang Hang Lin, Gao Pei Hai, Matthew Mathias, Oluwaseun Amoo, Wasiu Ademola Alao, Ajibola Nurudeen, Ibrahim Yinusa, and Saidu Shuaibu.
Items recovered from the suspects include three trucks loaded with sacks of substances suspected to be ground lithium powder.
Some yet-to-be-identified solid minerals, a Toyota 4Runner SUV, mobile phones, samples of suspected low-grade lithium, ATM cards, international passports, four LED flashlights, and others were also recovered.
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