Chinese illegal refinery in Ogere, Ogun State
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a group of Chinese believed to be operating illegally, a local crude oil refinery plant in Ogere, Ogun state.
A media statement by EFCC stated that, preliminary investigations indicated that the operators sourced sludge oil, also called black sludge, from Warri in Delta State and Port Harcourt in Rivers State and transported resource to the facility in Ogere for processing”.
The statement revealed that the EFCC operatives who laid siege to observe as undercover the Chinese heinous activities reported that “the operators subjected the sludge oil to intense heat, allowing lighter petroleum components to pass through a series of chambers and filters in a process believed to produce diesel for sale in the Nigerian market”.
It further noted that the end product of that process in the local refinery plant, after a thorough filtration, produces “Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) for sale in the Nigerian market”.
Recall that a couple of months ago, EFCC sting operation in the same area, rounded up 14 Chinese nationals and a Nigerian who were arrested over alleged illegal lithium processing activities at four different plants in the same area.
The EFCC said it recovered bags of lithium rocks, 18 mobile phones, four laptop computers, two decoders, a television remote control and a trailer truck during the operation.
The latest discovery and arrest added to a series of economic crimes in which Chinese nationals were arrested, prosecuted and in some instances, convicted over illegal mining activities in Nigeria.
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