Panel Names 33 Detainees Who Died in NSCDC Custody in Niger

The Federal Government’s Independent Investigative Committee probing the deaths of detainees at a Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) detention facility in Niger State has recognized 33 victims, together with youngsters as younger as 11 and 12 years previous.

The committee, led by former Deputy Director-General of the Department of State Services, Jonathan Kure, documented the identities of the deceased in a grasp register compiled throughout its investigation into the incident on the NSCDC command in Minna.

According to the report, the register incorporates particulars together with the names and ages of the deceased, dates of arrest, detention information, identification info, autopsy documentation and recorded causes of demise.

Among the victims have been 11-year-old Uzaifa Aliyu and two 12-year-olds, Abdulsalam Samaila and Mohammad Sani Nasir, making them the youngest detainees listed within the report.

The committee acknowledged that the identities of the 33 deceased individuals have been established by arrest information, detention registers and witness testimonies. Records confirmed that every one 33 people have been held on the NSCDC Niger State Command and died between September 16 and 17, 2026.

While the committee’s total findings concluded that the detainees died from acute hypoxic respiratory failure, also called environmental asphyxia, worsened by warmth stress, dehydration and extreme overcrowding in detention cells, particular person information differed.

The report famous that environmental asphyxia was listed because the provisional reason behind demise in solely three instances, whereas the causes of demise for the remaining detainees have been recorded as undetermined because of the absence of autopsy examinations.

The three detainees whose information particularly cited environmental asphyxia have been Emmanuel Emeka, Kabiru Suleiman and Idris Haruna. According to the committee, autopsy examinations have been carried out on the three victims on September 21, 2026, and their stays have been nonetheless within the morgue on the time of documentation.

The different 30 victims had been buried, with their causes of demise formally recorded as undetermined. The report has intensified issues over detention situations and accountability inside custodial amenities, notably after investigators linked the deaths to overcrowding, dehydration and insufficient air flow.

The committee’s findings are anticipated to information additional authorities actions and proposals aimed toward stopping comparable tragedies in detention centres throughout the nation.

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