EFCC ARRESTS 31 SUSPECTED ILLEGAL MINERS IN JOS
Operatives of Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested thirty-one suspects over alleged involvement in illegal mining of solid minerals in Jos, Plateau State.
EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, said the suspected miners were arrested on Saturday March 8, 2025, in the premises of Jiasheng Nigeria Limited, located at Dura Rayfield, Mangu Road, Jos following credible intelligence linking the company to illegal mining activities in the state.
Oyewale disclosed in a statement that the suspects in custody included four Chinese and twenty-seven Nigerians, whom he alleged were suppliers and found in possession of unprocessed solid minerals, suspected to have been illegally mined.
He identified their names as: Liang Qinyong,Wang Huajie, Zhong Jiajing, Long Kechong, Akilu Akonimi, Umar Mohammed, Aaron Davo, Auwal Abdullahi, Haruna Umar, Prosper Goddey, Alex Long, Mathew Onmaza, Oupe Anzaku, Samson Luka, John Nwang and Saidu Mohammed.
Others are Mohammed Musa, Abubakar Ibrahim, Mohammed Zaradeen, Yakubu Adidzi, Isah Dahiru, Yusuf Musa, Benjamin D. Dalop, Ibrahim Wakili, Adam Muhammed, Abubakar Ahmed Muazu, Murtala Abubakar, Peter Yakubu, Ibrahim Musa, Monday Christopher and Billard Musa.
The EFCC spokesman said that items recovered from the premises of the company upon the arrests included a truck loaded with eight bags of processed Monazite, weighing 1000kg, worth N4 million each.
He said that they would be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.