The defence counsel, however, prayed the court to remand his clients in the custody of the EFCC, pending the hearing of their bail applications.
Mr Zelensky said the two men were fighting for the Russians in the eastern Donetsk region
EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale said in a statement on Friday that they were arrested in a sting operation by the commission’s operatives.
“They owed $10 million in taxes and fines to the government,” Mr Purusi said about another set of illegal miners.
Ruitai’s board of directors are all Chinese nationals not eligible to acquire a small-scale mining licence as claimed.
In a statement on Thursday, Wilson Uwujaren, the EFCC’s spokesperson, said the suspects comprise a female and 12 males.
Mr Harris noted that the cancellation took into consideration the disposition of international organisations towards the golden visa scheme.
The suspects were known distributors of illegal drugs in the capital and surrounding provinces.
Police spokesman said the helicopter was deployed as surveillance to beef up security in Ogun State.
