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Federal High Court sitting in quara
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state has sentenced two Chinese
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Nationals to 2 years imprisonment with
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an option of 1 million naira each in
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addition to the payment of 14 million
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ners to the federal government of
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Nigeria as royalties after the court
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found them guilty of committing the
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crime of illegal mining in the state
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without due approval from appropriate
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Authority just as men of the economic
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and financial crimes Commission efcc on
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Saturday arrested 31 others in Joss
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plateau State over illegal mining which
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included 27 Nigerians and four Chinese
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Nationals details of the news reportage
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are presented below as reported by the
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public relations unit of the economic
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and financial crimes commission
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efcc Court jails two Chinese for legal
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mining in quara Justice aboma a wboro of
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the federal high court auren on Friday
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March 7th 2025 convicted and sentenced
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two Chinese yangcha and musan went to
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prison for illegal mining of solid
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minerals in quara state they were
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convicted along with their company cus
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chemical Nigeria limited they were
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prosecuted on a onec count charge
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bordering on dealing with illegal solid
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minerals mining the charge reads that Yu
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yangcha wanan and cus chemical Nigeria
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limited sometime in March 2024 within
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the jurisdiction of the federal High
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Court engaged in dealing with minerals
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with without lawful Authority thereby
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committing an offense contrary to UNP
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punishable under section
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134b of the Nigerian minerals and Mining
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2007 they pleaded guilty when it was
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read to them following which efcc
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Council seano reviewed the facts of the
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case through a witness an operative of
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the commission who tended the defendants
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extrajudicial statements a report from
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the Nigeria Geological Survey agency and
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the defendants passports all of which
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were admitted in evidence satisfied that
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the prosecution has proven its case
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Beyond reasonable doubts justice aaro
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found the defendants guilty convicted
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and sentenced him to 2 years
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imprisonment each or to pay 1 million
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nairas fine respectively the 1 million
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nairas fine was also extended to the
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company in addition to their sentences
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the convicts are to remit the sum of 14
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million niras in royalties to the
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federal govern government while all
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solid minerals found in the premises of
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the company located at number one idio
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road along Oran maker audit Road omy hen
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state were forfeited to the federal
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government efcc arrests 31 suspected
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illegal miners in Joss operatives of the
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economic and financial crimes Commission
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efcc kaduna zonal directorate on
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Saturday March 8th 2025 arrested 31
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suspected illegal miners in Js Plateau
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state capital they were arrested in the
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premises of jashen Nigeria limited
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located at Dura Rayfield mangu Road Jos
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follow incredible intelligence linking
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the company to Illegal mining activities
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in the state the arrested included four
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Chinese and 27 Nigerians part of whom
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were suppliers in possession of
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unprocessed solid minerals suspected to
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have been illegally mined they Liang
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chyong Wang waji Jun Jai long Kong hilu
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economy Umar Muhammad Aaron Deo a
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Abdullahi Haruna Umar Codi Alex long
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Matthew on maaza panzu Samson Luca John
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no Wang and sidu Muhammad others are
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Muhammad Musa Abu bakar ibraim Muhammad
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zerin yakubu adidi Isa deu Yousef Musa
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Benjamin D dup Ibrahim wacky Adam
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Muhammad Abu bakar Ahmed marzu matala
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Abu Baka pet yakubu ibraim Musa Munday
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Christopher and bad Musa items recovered
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in the premises upon the arrests
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included a truck loaded with eight bags
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of processed monite weighing 1,000 kg
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worth 4 million niras each they would be
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charged to court as soon as
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concluded bringing you the need in a
