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Overcrowding, excessive warmth brought on Niger miners' deaths – Probe panel reveals

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The impartial ministerial committee investigating the latest deaths of 33 individuals within the custody of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Minna, Niger State, has established the causes of the deaths of the suspects.

The chairman of the committee, Jonathan Kure, whereas presenting the report of the investigation to the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Tuesday, recognized the causes of dying to incorporate “overcrowding, unsuitable detention condition, failure of duty of care, inadequate supervision”.

According to the committee, the miners had been uncovered to excessive warmth and dehydration as a result of overcrowding, which made it tough for them to breathe and survive.

The committee additional mentioned that the operation which led to the arrest of the suspects was with out an operational order or approval from the nationwide headquarters of the NSCDC.

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