Investigative Panel Says 37 Miners Died Of Suffocation In NSCDC Custody

The Federal Government’s Independent Investigative Committee investigating the deaths of 37 folks within the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Niger State has concluded that they died from asphyxiation.

The committee Chairman and former Deputy Director-General of the Department of State Services, Jonathan Kure, disclosed this on Tuesday whereas presenting the panel’s report back to the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, in Abuja.

Kure acknowledged that the panel advisable that 1.4 billion naira be paid to the households of 33 victims and forty-four survivors.

The committee chairman added that the deaths had been avoidable because the victims, together with 14 minors, had been held in inhuman situations.

The committee additionally advisable abstract dismissal of the state commandant of the Niger State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and all different officers who had been straight concerned within the detention and eventual loss of life of the miners.

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The committee equally advisable institutional reforms for the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps with a view to strengthen the management of the corps.

The Minister of Interior, who acquired the report, promised to implement the suggestions of the committee with a view to guarantee justice for all affected individuals.

Tunji-Ojo additionally directed the commandant of the Corps to instantly droop all officers who cleaned up the detention centre with a view to destroy proof.

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