Full List: FG Suspends 20 NSCDC Officers In Connection With Miners' Death, Constitutes Committee For Investigation
The committee will determine responsibility and recommend compensation after 37 suspected illegal miners died in custody, officials said.
- On Saturday, Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo suspended 20 Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps officers following the deaths of 37 illegal mining suspects in NSCDC custody in Niger State on Thursday.
- President Bola Tinubu ordered a comprehensive investigation into the incident, prompting the suspensions and directing Tunji-Ojo to determine responsibility, negligence, and potential misconduct regarding detention conditions.
- A 10-member independent committee chaired by retired Deputy Director-General of the Department of State Services Jonathan Kure will investigate the deaths and submit its report within two weeks to the Minister.
- Governor Mohammed Bago announced the suspension of all mining activities across Niger State pending investigation outcomes, while suspensions include Niger State Commandant Suberu Aniviye and other station guards.
- Federal mining experts were deployed to Niger State to establish facts surrounding the deaths, with investigators examining potential causes including overcrowding and exposure to hazardous mining substances through forensic examinations and autopsies.
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Full List: FG Suspends 20 NSCDC Officers In Connection With Miners' Death, Constitutes Committee For Investigation
The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Saturday, directed the suspension of 20 officers in connection with the reported deaths of 37 people in Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) custody in Niger State, pending the conclusion of investigation.
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