Five suspected Chinese illegal miners in Ndito-Eka-Iba village, Ibieno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom have been arrested.
Spokesperson of the Economic and Financioal Crimes Commission (EFCC), Dele Oyewale said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, saying the commission’s Special Task Force on Illegal Mining at the Commission’s Zonal office in Uyo arrested the foreigners.
“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,” Oyewale said.
