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The Federal High Court in Ilorin on Wednesday, 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 28-year-old member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Adamu Shaibu, has been sentenced to nine years imprisonment over offences bordering on cybercrime and possession of fraudulent funds. Shaibu who is serving in Igara Local Government Area of Edo State was arrested and arraigned on three counts before Justice Adebayo Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin on Monday by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).