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  • Police vow to track down killers of Chinese in Ebonyi

    Police vow to track down killers of Chinese in Ebonyi

    Police in Ebonyi vowed on Monday that they would track down gunmen who attacked a mining site close to the state’s border with Benue on Saturday.

    The assailants shot sporadically at workers in the process of which a Chinese and a policeman sustained gunshot injuries. The Chinese later died in hospital.

    The mining site is located at Otam Nwogba village in Izzi local government area of Ebonyi.

    Police spokesman, SP Chris Anyanwu, stated on Monday at Abakaliki that the gunmen besieged the area and shot sporadically at the security men on duty at the company.

    “One of the policemen on duty sustained serious bullet injuries and is still receiving treatment,’’ he stated.

    Anyanwu urged members of the public to join hands in fishing out the miscreants by giving prompt and reliable information concerning their identities and or location to the police.

  • Gunmen disarm police, kill Chinese In Ebonyi community

    Gunmen disarm police, kill Chinese In Ebonyi community

    Suspected gunmen have disarmed some policemen and killed a Chinese expatriate at a mining site in Iboko, Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi.

    However, SP Chris Anyanwu, Spokesperson, Police Command in Ebonyi, who spoke on the telephone in Abakaliki on Sunday, said the incident was yet to be confirmed by the command.

    “It has not been confirmed, but believe me, I will confirm that tomorrow,” Anyanwu said.

    Mr Steve Emenike, Chairman of Izzi Local Government Area of the State, described the killing as an ’embarrassment”.

    Emenike explained that the suspected hoodlums came on motorbikes.

    He said the council had reconstituted formidable Vigilante Group and banned motorbikes operation between of 7 p.m, and 6 a.m. in the area.

    “We are working hard to find the causes of the matter and we’re working with security agencies, including the Police and DSS to investigate the matter and ensure the perpetrators are brought to book.

    “We can no longer accept or tolerate this spare of insecurity. Our people are peaceful and we cannot allow evil to germinate.

    Some eyewitnesses, who prefer anonymity, said the hoodlums disarmed the policemen, who were guarding the Chinese during the attack.

    “The corpse of the victim has been deposited at a mortuary in Abakaliki,” he added.

  • Ummita’s killer to eat native Chinese food in prison, says facility official

    Ummita’s killer to eat native Chinese food in prison, says facility official

     

     

    The Nigerian Correctional Service has said that Geng Quanrong, a Chinese national remanded in prison custody for killing his Nigerian lover, Ummukulthum Buhari (Ummita) would be served Chinese cuisine in the prison.

    TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports the spokesman for the Kano Correctional Centre, Musbahu Kofar-Nassarawa, Mr Quanrong disclosed this when he asked what will the Chinese feed on, he said he would be fed his native country’s food.

    According to Kofar-Nassarawa, Mr Quanrong was not expected to eat ‘gabza’, a meal cooked for prisoners in Kano.

    He explained that the law had provided that a foreigner in Nigerian prison custody should be fed with his country’s meal, not local food.

    “Also, the law provides that a foreigner in prison custody in Nigeria should be allowed to contact his embassy or relatives who could assist him when needed.

    “So, people are asking which type of food the suspect is going to be eating. He is going to be served Chinese food, that is what law provides,” Mr Kofar-Nassarawa added.

    Quanrong was arrested by police on Friday evening after killing his girlfriend at Janbulo area in Kano.

    He was charged to on Wednesday but his plea was not take due to lack of jurisdiction of the court.

    Upon his arraignment before Magistrate Hanif Sanusi with a one-count charge of culpable homicide, the case was adjourned to October 13 to enable the state prepare its case in a court of competent jurisdiction.

  • #JusticeForUmmita: Chinese national who killed Nigerian girlfriend remanded in prison

    #JusticeForUmmita: Chinese national who killed Nigerian girlfriend remanded in prison

    A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano, on Wednesday, ordered that a 47-year-old Chinese National, Geng Quanrong, be remanded in a correctional centre for alleged murder of his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani, 22.

    The police charged Geng, who lives in Nassarawa GRA Quarters Kano, with culpable homicide. Chief Magistrate, Hanif Sanusi-Chiroma, who did take the plea of Geng, ordered that he should be  remanded in Kurmawa Correctional Centre, pending legal advice.

    Sanusi-Chiroma adjourned the matter until Oct.13,  for further mention. Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Mr Khalifa Auwal-Hashim, said that Geng committed the offence on Sept.16, at Janbulo Quarters in Kano.

    He alleged that on the same at about 9.30 p.m, Geng attacked Sani with a knife after a misunderstanding. The police said that Sani was rushed to  the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital in Kano were she was pronounced dead by a medical doctor”

    Auwal-Hashim in his prayer urged the court to seek legal advice because the matter was a capital offence and the court lacks jurisdiction to entertain it. The offence, he said, contravenes the provisions of Section 221 of the Penal Code.

  • SAD! Chinese man stabs Nigerian girlfriend to death in Kano

    SAD! Chinese man stabs Nigerian girlfriend to death in Kano

     

    …as mother narrates ordeal

    Tragedy struck last night in Kano when a Chinese national simply identified as Mr Geng fought his way into the home of his ex-girlfriend, and then stabbed her to death, eye witnesses say.

    The ex-girlfriend, Ummukulsum Buhari was a resident of Janbulo area of Kano metropolis.

    According to reports, Geng, had been dating Ummukulsum for years before she dumped him to marry a Nigerian suitor.

    The deceased’s mom said that Geng came to their house and knocked at the door frantically around 8pm, and later forced himself into the house around 9pm.

    Once inside the house, the Chinese national pushed his way through into the room of Ummukulsum and stabbed her to death.

    “When we got tired of his knocking, I went out to tell him to keep off our house, but he pushed and went straight into her room and killed her,” the mother said.

    “We then began shouting and neighbours came to our rescue and apprehended him.

    “She was immediately taken to hospital where she was later certified dead.”

    Geng has been dating Ummukulsum for years before she dumped him to marry a Nigerian suitor.

    Her marriage crashed recently after her husband discovered her chats with Geng in her phone and suspected they were still dating.

    After the divorce, Geng returned again, but Ms Buhari rejected his overtures.

    Meanwhile, bereaved mother of Ummakulsum Sani Buhari, the 23-year-old Nigerian who was killed by her Chinese lover, has broken her silence.

    The deceased, who was popularly known as ‘Ummita’ attended Kano School of Nursing and Midwifery.

    She was buried around 10am on Saturday, according to Islamic rites.

    Speaking on the unfortunate incident, the bereaved mother said, “She was my daughter; he (the Chinese man) always comes around wanting to see her and she has been refusing. This time around when he came, he kept knocking on the door. When I was fed up of him hitting the door loudly, I opened the door and he pushed me aside and got in and started stabbing her with a knife.

    “I started shouting and people came running. We rushed her to the hospital but before we arrived, she was dead. It happened around 9.30pm. We were at home with her two younger sisters when it happened. Her brother was out and her father is dead. It was raining then, people were indoors and couldn’t hear me shouting until when someone came and tried going in through the window.

    “I want the authorities to see to this criminal act. It was long since their love affair ended. She got married and later got divorced. That was when he came back to her life, pressing that he must see her. He used to come in although we don’t like it but he doesn’t understand. We used to chase him out. When I attempted informing the police, my children would refuse and say let’s not take the matter public.

    “The man that came to her aid and went through the window; he was the one who caught him and brought him out. He ran off and they chased him and brought him back. He is now with the police. She was my eldest daughter but she has two elder brothers.

    “He understands that she doesn’t want to see him. When he calls, she doesn’t pick up. That’s when he decided to invade. He knocked at the door for almost an hour. She was the one who asked me to go and send him away after which he pushed me away upon opening the gate.

    “He went straight to her room. He knows where the room is because he used to come in. In most cases, it’s her brother that used to send him away. They first met at Shoprite when she went to buy perfume and they exchanged phone numbers. That’s how they started making out on calls.

    “When she got married, they separated until when she was divorced. Her husband suspects they were chatting with him on phone although that was not what led to the failure of her marriage. Of course, she told him that she was going to marry him, but because her paternal uncles saw issues coming, they refused and I agreed with them,” she concluded.
    The Police Public Relations Officer in Kano, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa confirmed the incident and promised to provide more information later.

  • Ghana’s galamsey mining kingpin, Huang risks 24 months imprisonment

    Ghana’s galamsey mining kingpin, Huang risks 24 months imprisonment

    Ghana’s illegal mining Galamsey kingpin of Chinese nationality, En Huang, aka Aisha Huang, is on the verge of a 24 months imprisonment.

     

    Huang who was deported four years ago but sneaked back into the country,  is accused of embarking on mining without a license.

     

    Aisha was deported in 2018 when the State filed a nolle prosequi (an application to halt a trial) after standing trial over illegal mining activities.

     

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that she is likely to face 24 months imprisonment, if found guilty of breaching the Ghana Immigration Service laws.

     

    It was gathered that deportation in Ghana is carried out by the Minister of the Interior and through Court orders.

     

    They could be canceled, revoked, or rescinded after the process of deportation has been challenged in court.

    Galamsey mining kingpin, Huang risks 24 months imprisonment for breaching Ghana's Immigration laws

    Huang, according to security sources, re-entered Ghana through Togo after changing some details on her passport.

     

    Sources said the service was currently building a case to “clarify” her mode of entry into the country.

     

    On September 6, 2022, the Office of the Attorney-General in a tweet said: “The Attorney-General has called for the new docket on En Huang, aka Aisha regarding offences she is suspected to have committed.”

     

    “The AG-will also re-initiate prosecution in respect of the old offences for which she was standing trial before her deportation in 2018.”

     

    Huang was arraigned last Friday and remanded into lawful custody for engaging in mining without a license.

     

    It was gathered that she engaged in illegal mining at Bepotenten in the Amansie West, Ashanti Region.

     

    Her alleged accomplices were put before the same court for also engaging in the sale and purchase of minerals without a license.

     

    Meanwhile, the former Convener for the Media Coalition Against Galamsey, MCAG, Dr Kenneth Ashigbey,  has described the return of ‘galamsey Kingpin’ Aisha Huang in the mining space as leadership failure in the fight against ‘galamsey’.

     

    In his words: “I said that day, that this woman that has been left off the hook was going to go and come back, and it is not surprising that she did.

     

    This was somebody with serious connections,” he said during an interview at the launch of the 8th edition of Flamingo Awards.

     

    “We really need to get leadership up and doing and say that this thing about galamsey must stop.

     

    “We need the executive to act but when we define leadership, we should not restrict it to the President and Minister in Accra”.

     

    Before the filing of a Nolle Prosequi in 2018 that led to her release and subsequent deportation, Aisha and her compatriots were on May 9, 2017, arraigned before court for engaging in illegal small-scale mining at Bepotenten in the Amansie Central District in the Ashanti Region.

     

    She was charged with three counts of undertaking small-scale mining operations, providing mining support services without valid registration with the Minerals Commission and the illegal employment of foreign nationals.

     

    These were contrary to Section 99 (1) of the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703); the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703), and the Immigration Act, 2000 (Act 573).

     

    The other four accused persons were charged with disobedience of directives given by or under the Immigration Act, 2000 (Act 573).

     

    Upon her rearrest for illegally entering the country and mining without a license, the 47-year-old ‘galamsey kingpin’ was remanded into lawful custody by an Accra Circuit Court last Friday after the court preserved her plea because there was no Chinese interpreter.

     

    She is facing a charge of mining without a license and engaging in the sale and purchase of minerals without a valid license.

     

    Her accomplices; John Li Hua, Huang Jei and Huaid Hai Hun, have been charged with engaging in the sale and purchase of minerals without a license.

     

    The three have denied the charge, remanded into lawful custody and expected to reappear on September 14.

  • Gunmen storm Kwara, kill police inspector, abduct Chinese national

    Gunmen storm Kwara, kill police inspector, abduct Chinese national

    The Police Command in Kwara has confirmed the killing of a police inspector, Adebayo Adeforiti, and abduction of a Chinese national by some gunmen at CGC construction company along Shao/Oloru Expressway on July 2 at about 16:15hrs.

    This is contained in a statement issued by the Spokesman of the Command, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, on Tuesday in Ilorin.

    “Some armed men suspected to be kidnappers invaded the premises of CGC construction company along Shao/Oloru Expressway, shot and killed Inspector Adebayo Adeforiti attached to PMF 15, Ilorin, who was on guard duty at the company, and abducted a Chinese national working in the site and escaped into the bushes.

    “The Commissioner of Police, Kwara State Police Command, CP Tuesday Assayomo, on receipt of the information, ordered an intense and discreet search, rescue and arrest operation into the matter
    with the deployment of the Command’s Tactical teams, vigilante, and local hunters into the area for possible rescue and arrest of the perpetrators.

    “The good people of Kwara State are advised to be vigilant, make available to the police any information that could aid the success of this special rescue operation.

    “The CP commensurates with the families of the deceased police Inspector and that of the abducted Chinese, promising that no stone would be left unturned towards ensuring that the perpetrators of this dastardly act are apprehended and made to face the full wrath of the law,” the statement read in part.

  • Police confirm attack on Sino-Hydro workers in Niger

    Police confirm attack on Sino-Hydro workers in Niger

    The Police Command in Niger has confirmed attack by suspected bandits on workers of Sino-Hydro Power Dam in Zungeru, Wushishi Local Government Area of the state.

    This is contained in a statement by DSP Wasiu Abiodun, Public Relations Officer of the command in Minna.

    He said the workers comprised some Chinese workers and local staff who were working on a transmission line tower along Gussase village.

    Abiodun said police tactical team attached to the facility engaged the hoodlums in a gun duel and rescued four of the expatriates.

    He said that one of the victims and a local staff sustained bullet injury and had been taken to hospital for treatment.

    “In the process of scampering for safety during the gun duel, three among the expatriates could not be accounted for presently,” he said.

    He said that a joint police and military tactical teams at Zungeru were already on aggressive manhunt of the hoodlums to rescue the missing and abducted expatriates.(

  • BREAKING: Bandits kidnap 2 Chinese workers, kill two security guards in Niger State

    BREAKING: Bandits kidnap 2 Chinese workers, kill two security guards in Niger State

    Bandits have kidnapped two Chinese workers at Zungeru Hydro Power Dam project in Niger State where they killed two security guards.

    Secretary to Niger State Government, Alhaji Ahmed Matane, confirmed this to newsmen in Minna on Wednesday.

    He said details would be made available later.

  • FCT Police arrest 3 Chinese men,18 others for alleged illegal minning

    FCT Police arrest 3 Chinese men,18 others for alleged illegal minning

    The Federal Capital Territory Police Command says 21 illegal miners, including a community leader, 3 Chinese nationals have been arrested over alleged illegal mining in Azam village, near Nasarawa State.

    This is contained in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the FCT, DSP Josephine Adeh in Abuja.

    She said the operation that led to the arrested of the suspect, codenamed: “Safe G-7” followed the worrisome menace of kidnapping, banditry and other criminal activities in FCT and its neighbouring states.

    Adeh said heads of the security agencies in the region had embarked on a massive raid and cleanup operation in all mapped out hideouts, camps and areas serving as refuges to the miscreants.

    She said the operation was targeted at addressing the menace of kidnapping, banditry and other criminal activities within seven states of Kogi, Niger, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Benue, Plateau and the FCT.

    She said the idea was to further promote confidence-building and take the fight against miscreants in their hideout at the various boundaries between the FCT and the said contingents states.

    According to her, the continuation of Tuesday’s operation in Matte, Kwali area council, to reclaim the village, recently invaded by suspected bandits, was successful and immediately followed up with deployments to provide the needed security.

    “In compliance with the G-7 mandates, on day two of the operation, the JTF continued the patrol of villages sharing boundaries with Nassarawa state.

    “Upon the receipt of actionable intelligence, the team stormed a camp at Azam village, where an illegal mining site of about 40 minutes walk distance from the said village was discovered.

    “The miners who were said to have established a symbiotic relationship with bandits/ Kidnappers engaged the team in a gun duel and were forced to retreat and subsequently, overpowered by the superior firepower of the JTF,” she said.

    Adeh said majority of the suspects were from the various bordering states and confessed to have enjoyed unfiltered cooperation with the head of the local community who was immediately arrested.

    She said the three male Chinese nationals arrested in connection to the offence would be handed over to the Nigeria Immigration Service to establish their immigration status in Nigeria.

    The PPRO said refined and unrefined gold, two gold weigh scales, criminal charms, 17 mobile phones, four motorcycles, two dane guns, shovels, cutlasses, two pumping machines and one generator were recovered from the suspects.

    She said substances suspected to be Cannabis, and other forms of hard drugs were also, recovered.

    Adeh said the two suspects linked with the possession of the aforementioned drugs would be handed over to the NDLEA.

    She said the suspects would be arraigned in court upon completion of investigation.