Crime & SecurityNewsNigeria31 Suspected Illegal Miners Arrested In Jos

Operatives of Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Saturday March 8, 2025 arrested 31 suspected illegal miners in Jos, Plateau State capital.
Dele Oyewale, Head, Media and Publicity in a statement said the suspects were arrested 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.
According to the statement, items recovered in the premises upon the arrests included a truck loaded with eight bags of processed Monazite, weighing 1000kg, worth N4 million each.

The statement reads in part: “Those arrested included four Chinese and 27 Nigerians, part of whom were suppliers in possession of unprocessed solid minerals, suspected to have been illegally mined.

“They are: 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.

Similarly, EFCC, Kaduna Zonal Directorate has arrested fourteen suspected internet fraudsters in K-Vom and Rayfield areas in Jos, Plateau State on Saturday March 8, 2025 following credible intelligence on their suspected involvement in internet-related activities.

In a separate statement, EFCC spokesman said items recovered from them include five laptops, 13 phones and two power banks.

According to the statement the suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.

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Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.

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