Chinese National, Deng Jailed 5 Years For Illegal Mining In Nigeria.
He was arrested on Friday, September 9, 2022, by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the commission. The Federal High Court in Ilorin on Wednesday, #STOPCHINESEILLEGALMINING
convicted and sentenced a 29-year-old Chinese national, Gang Deng, to five years imprisonment for offences bordering on illegal mining and possession of minerals without lawful authority. Justice Muhammed Sani convicted Gang in a suit filed by Nigeria's anti-graft agency,
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against him. A statement issued by the Head of Media and Publicity, EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, said that the convict was arrested along Tsaragi Road in Share, Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State. #STOPCHINESEILLEGALMINING
According to Uwujaren, he was found to be in possession of 25 tons of minerals suspected to be Lepidolite, a raw material used for the “production of batteries for vehicles, cell phones, cameras and other electronic devices". #STOPCHINESEILLEGALMINING
The statement partly read, "It would be recalled that operatives of the EFCC, in collaboration with the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, and the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel #STOPCHINESEILLEGALMINING
Development on August 30, 2022, arrested 13 suspected illegal miners operating in Kakafu village in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State.
"Mining without license is a criminal offence under the law. It is an act of economic sabotage, #STOPCHINESEILLEGALMINING
punishable under Section 1 (8) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act, which stipulates life imprisonment for offenders. "The Chinese national who is the Managing Director of Sinuo Xinyang Nigeria Ltd confessed to the crime. #STOPCHINESEILLEGALMINING
"Consequently, the Ilorin Command of the EFCC arraigned Gang alongside his company Sinuo Xinyang Nigeria Ltd on one count amended charge before Justice Sani. When the charge was read to the defendant, he pleaded guilty, but entered a ‘not guilty plea’ for his company."
The charge reads, “That you, Sinuo Xinyang Nigeria Ltd and Gang Deng, sometime in the Month of September 2022 at Share, along Tsaragi Road in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State, within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court, #STOPCHINESEILLEGALMINING
without lawful authority purchased mineral to wit, 25 Tons of Mineral worth the sum of N2,490,000.00 (Two Million, Four Hundred and Ninety Thousand Naira) conveyed in a DAF Truck, with registered number KLRAD85XCOE603462 and thereby #STOPCHINESEILLEGALMINING
committed an Offence, contrary and punishable under Section 1 (8) (b) of Miscellaneous Offences Act 1984.” Upon his plea, counsel for the EFCC, Innocent Mbachie reviewed the facts of the case and tendered documents, which were admitted in evidence. #STOPCHINESEILLEGALMINING
He urged the court to convict the defendant as charged. Justice Sani in passing judgement took into consideration the allocutus made by Gang’s counsel, who pleaded for clemency on the grounds that the convict was a first offender. #STOPCHINESEILLEGALMINING
Consequently, the court sentenced Gang to 5 years imprisonment with an option of N1 million fine. The judge also ordered that the 25 tons of the mineral recovered from him at the point of arrest be forfeited to the Nigerian Government. #STOPCHINESEILLEGALMINING
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