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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, has secured the condemnation and condemnation of 2 Chinese Zhang Hong Lin and Gao Pei Hai, earlier Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court successful Ikoyi, Lagos, for conspiracy and the amerciable mining of coagulated minerals.
The defendants were arraigned connected a five-count complaint bordering connected conspiracy and the unlawful possession of mineral resources intended for export without lawful authority.
The defendants pleaded blameworthy erstwhile the charges were work to them.
Following their blameworthy pleas, prosecution counsel, H.U. Kofarnaisa called the investigating officer, Matthew Orogwu, who reviewed the facts of the lawsuit and tendered documentary grounds earlier the court.
After presenting the evidence, Kofarnaisa urged the tribunal to convict and condemnation the defendants successful enactment with the charges.
In his judgment, Justice Aluko recovered some defendants blameworthy connected each 5 counts and sentenced each of them to 5 years’ imprisonment connected each count, with an enactment of a N50 cardinal good covering each 5 counts.
The tribunal besides ordered the forfeiture of the recovered mineral resources to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
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