EFCC office
July 8, 2025
Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested nine suspected illegal miners in Niger State.
The suspects comprise five Chinese and four Nigerians.
The Chinese suspects are: Wu Ping, Xu XianLiang, Xu Aimin, Xeu Cihuo, Liu Changhua, while the Nigerians are, Ibrahim Abdullahi, Sunday Oladele, Destiny John, and Bulus Samuel.
Items found in their possession upon their arrest include, one Stamford power generating set, one super quality power generating set, Inlong power generating set, three industrial crushing machines, three small industrial crushing machines, one Quangutaigaajing JIareshebei gold melting machine.
Other are: four small dumper trucks, three pay loaders, three Elepaq water pumping machine, one Tacoma truck, one Lexus 470 SUV, three diesel rubber tanks, one Taiyo power generating set, one Senwei SP6800 small power generating set, one Laison 40000x power generating set, one welding machine (Bx1-400), one 25.2kg activated carbon chemical, four drilling machines and one kaishan KSCY-33018 power generating set.
Also one JMC power generating set, one Yuchai power generating set, one filing machine, four gas powered power generating sets, one extractor, two big gas cylinders, one Honda pumping machine, one Super Zandaz water pumping machine, one Max Mec welding machine, two cartons of explosives, three cap for blasting stones, a white-coloured detection device, two small scales, two mining head gear/safety cap, a laptop computer and seven bottles of chemicals.
They will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
