Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Lagos Zonal Directorate Ikoyi have arrested two Chinese nationals and six Nigerians for their alleged involvement in illegal mining activities in the Ogere area of Ogun State.
According to the EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, the suspects were apprehended during a sting operation.
This was after the Lagos Directorate followed a credible intelligence on their activities of illegal miner’s.
The suspects are Zhang Hang Lin, Gao Pei Hai, Matthew Mathias, Oluwaseun Amoo, Wasiu Ademola Alao, Ajibola Nurudeen, Ibrahim Yinusa, and Saidu Shuaibu—
Items recovered include three trucks loaded with sacks of substances suspected to be ground lithium powder, along with other yet-to-be-identified solid minerals, among others.
The suspects we gathered will be charged at the conclusion of the investigation.
