EXCLUSIVE: Inside NSCDC's Niger cell where 14 children, 19 other detainees died
Investigators said overcrowding, heat and dehydration killed 33 detainees, including 14 minors, and found the deaths were preventable.
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Nigerian families and survivors seek justice over miners' deaths
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Niger Mass Deaths: Probe Panel Recommends Scholarships for Victims’ Children, N1.4bn Compensations
The committee proposed N30 million for each bereaved family and N10 million for each survivor, while recommending the release of officers cleared of culpability. The committee that investigated the September deaths of 33 detainees in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Niger State has recommended full educational scholarships for […]
Thirty-seven people who died in Nigerian detention reportedly had to drink urine and sweat due to dehydration and overcrowding. According to the report, 37 of approximately 50 men, including 14 children, held in a 12-square-meter cell at the NSCDC center in Minna, died between September 16-17.
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