The Federal Excessive Court docket, Jos, Plateau State has ordered the deportation of 4 convicted Chinese language: Liang Quin Yong, Wang Huajie, Zhong Jiajing and Lengthy Kechong over their unlawful mining of strong minerals within the state.
Justice Dorcas V. Agishi ordered that the convicts be deported from Nigeria and banned from re-entering the nation, whereas forfeiting N134 million recovered from them to the federal authorities of Nigeria.
That is in response to a press release by the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) on Thursday.
EFCC Case
Based on the Fee, the defendants had been arrested on March 8, 2025, at JLM Mining firm web site following credible intelligence on the actions of some Chinese language suspected to be concerned in unlawful mining actions in Jos, Plateau State.
- They had been prosecuted on a one-count separate cost bordering on dealing in unlawful strong minerals mining.
- Liang Quin Yong was accused of conducting unlawful mining with out lawful authority by partaking within the buy of Mineral Sources and thereby dedicated an offence opposite to and punishable underneath Part 1(8)(b) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act, 1983.
“That you simply, Wang Huajie on or about ninth of March, at Dura Rayfield axis of Jos, Plateau State, throughout the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court docket, did commit an offence to wit; with out lawful authority engaged within the buy of Mineral Sources and thereby dedicated an offence opposite to and punishable underneath Part 1(8)(b) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act 1983.
“That you simply, Zhong Jiajing on or about on or about ninth of March, at Dura Rayfield axis of Jos, Plateau State, throughout the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court docket, did commit an offence to wit; with out lawful authority engaged within the buy of Mineral Sources and thereby dedicated an offence opposite to and punishable underneath Part 1(8)(b) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act 1983,” the fees partly reads.
What transpired in courtroom
On the courtroom session, they pleaded responsible to the fees after arraignment.
- EFCC counsel, M.O. Arumemi and F.A.I Asemebo prayed the courtroom to convict them accordingly.
- The prosecution crew urged the courtroom to carry that the EFCC has confirmed its case past affordable doubts.
What the decide stated
- Justice Agishi discovered the defendants responsible and sentenced the 4 Chinese language to 5 years imprisonment every or pay a advantageous of N1,000,000 every for illegal buy and possession of mineral assets.
- The decide deported them and banned them from re-entering the nation.
“All proceeds of crime are to be forfeited to the Federal Authorities of Nigeria, whereas Liang Quin Yong is to forfeit the sum of N134,874,769.01, which shaped the proceeds of the illegal buy of the mineral assets,” the decide dominated, in response to the EFCC assertion.
- Justice Agishi additionally ordered the forfeiture of the complete mineral assets recovered in the midst of investigation and the sum of N16, 300,000 as administrative advantageous for the defendant’s failure to report a monetary transaction inside seven days to the EFCC Particular Management Unit towards Cash Laundering(SCUML) as offered underneath Part 11(1)(b) of the Cash Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
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