Fourteen Chinese men and one Nigerian have been arrested for operating four illegal lithium processing plants in the Ogere area of Ogun State.
The Chinese and the Nigerian were arrested by operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,
They were arrested on Friday, October 23, 2026, following credible intelligence and surveillance, Dele Oyewale, the spokesperson for the anti-graft agency said in a statement on Monday.
Oyewale listed the items recovered from the suspects to include bags of lithium rocks, 18 mobile devices, four computer laptops, two decoders, a television remote control, and a trailer truck. suspects.
The EFCC spokesperson said the suspects will be charged to court upon conclusion of investigations.
In another development, GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) disclosed on Sunday that it’s operatives have arrested a 62-year-old Nigerian-American grandmother, Anetor Gloria Ubong, with 9.45kg of high-grade cannabis, loud, imported from the United States and a 34-year-old South African woman, Qhina Beauty, with 36.65 kilograms of cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos.
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👉 JOIN GISTSMATE WHATSAPP CHANNELThe agency added that in separate operations across the country, NDLEA officers also recovered tons of illicit drugs in Kano, Lagos, Bauchi, Niger, Edo, Ondo, Taraba, Oyo and Delta states.
Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi said, “Qhina, the South African, was arrested at the departure hall of the Lagos airport on 7th October 2026 while trying to board a Qatar Airways flight to South Africa via Doha. READ MORE
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