Court jails two Chinese nationals for five years over illegal mining in Lagos

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Key context: <img width="1140" height="760" src="https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/jail.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/jail.jpg 1140w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/jail-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/jail-1024x683.jpg 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px" /><p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, has secured the conviction and sentence of two Chinese Zhang Hong Lin and Gao Pei Hai, before Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, for conspiracy and the illegal mining of solid minerals. The defendants were arraigned on a five-count [&#8230;]</p> <p><a href="https://dailypost.ng/2026/07/31/court-jails-two-chinese-nationals-for-five-years-over-illegal-mining-in-lagos/">Court jails two Chinese nationals for five years over illegal mining in Lagos</a></p> This development from dailypost.ng highlights ongoing changes in the sector.