Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin on Wednesday , 19 October 2022,convicted and sentenced a 29-year –old Chinese National Gang Deng to five years in jail for offences relating to illegal mining and possession of minerals without lawful authority.
Gang was arrested along Tsaragi Road, in Share Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State on September 9, 2022 by the Economic and Financial Commission(EFCC).
He was found to be in possession of 25tons of minerals, suspected to be Lepidolite, a raw material used for the production of batteries for vehicles, cellphones, cameras and other electronic devices.