The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has apprehended five suspected Chinese illegal miners in Ndito-Eka-Iba village, Ibieno LGA in Akwa Ibom.
EFCC announced this in a statement on Sunday.
The anti-graft agency said its Special Task Force made the arrests on Illegal Mining in Uyo.
The EFCC stated that the arrests followed credible intelligence on foreign mining companies’ illicit activities in Eket and Ibieno LGAs in Akwa Ibom.
“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,” EFCC said.
