Group Petitions E.F. Network Limited Over Illegal Mining and Export of Lithium.

A group, the Citizens Whistleblowers Coalition (CWC), has petitioned a Nigerian registered company, E.F NETWORK LIMITED, to the Department of State Services (DSS) over allegations of colluding with Chinese Nationals resident in Nigeria to illegally mine and export Lithium out of the country.

E.F. Network Limited is a Nigerian registered business incorporated in Port Harcourt/Nigeria, with registration number 271506. It was registered on 02 May 1995 and it's current status is unknown. The company's registered office address is 191 Ikwerre Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
According to the CAC (Corporate Affairs Commission) database, the owners/directors/key management personnel of the company are; Gideon Egbuchulam, Egbuchulam Angela, Ogwudire Davis, Abbas Garuba, and Onyeali Vincent.

The listed business interests of the company on its Twitter page are; IT Solutions/Cyber Security Tracking Systems, Waste Management Services and E-commerce and Cloud Services.

The Citizens Whistleblowers Coalition in it's petition disclosed that it was tipped of by some patriotic Nigerians on the activities of E.F. Network Limited and it's Managing Director, Gideon Egbuchulam,who operates out of Plot 31 Pope John Paul Street, Maitama, Abuja, in collusion with some Chinese businessmen in illegally mining and exporting Lithium out of Nigeria.

The group disclosed that Gideon Egbuchulam and his Chinese cohorts, in colabodation with an accomplice based in Jos, Plateua State , has been illegally mining and stockpiling Lithium in a Warehouse in Jos, and exporting same without paying the requisite taxes and without any official license to export the solid minerals out of the country.

The group urged the DSS to inmidiately institute a probe of the activities of Gideon Egbuchulam and E.F. Network Limited and his Chinese partners to prevent the country from being duped.