37 miners’ deaths: Obi’s media office attacks Alake

— Says minister should focus on probe, mining sector
By Henry Umoru
ABUJA — The Peter Obi Media Office has criticised the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, for engaging in political exchanges with the former Anambra State governor instead of focusing on the circumstances surrounding the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners in NSCDC custody in Niger State.
In a statement signed by its spokesman, Idris Zekeri, on Monday, the media office accused Alake of using the issue of Peter Obi’s record in Anambra State as a political distraction.
The group’s criticism comes amid investigations into the deaths of the 37 suspects, who died in the custody of the Nigeria Securit...