HAITIAN GANG MEMBER WHO YELLED 'F*K TRUMP, I'M NOT GOING BACK TO HAITI' HAS BEEN DEPORTED. (PHOTO)
A federal government investigative panel has attributed the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners in NSCDC custody in Minna, Niger State, to suffocation.
Committee chairman Jonathan Kure presented the findings to Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo in Abuja on October 27. The deaths occurred on September 17, following arrests during operations against suspected illegal mining.
The panel described the deaths as avoidable and the detention conditions as inhuman, according to PUNCH. It also reported that minors were among the victims.
The committee recommended the dismissal of the state commandant and officers directly involved, alongside reforms to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.
Tunji-Ojo pledged to implement the recommendations. He also directed the suspension of officers accused of cleaning the detention centre to destroy evidence, PUNCH reported.
TVC reported that the inquiry involved visits to the detention facility, autopsies and statements from survivors, relatives, personnel and other witnesses.
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