6 Of 37 Dead Niger Miners Were Union Members – Mining Workers’ Union

The National President of the Nigeria Union of Mining Workers (NUMW), Comrade Musa Adamu Nasiru, has disclosed that six of the miners who died in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Niger State were registered members of the union.
He told the Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by the Niger State Government, sitting in Minna, that 10 of the 65 miners arrested by the NSCDC were members of his union, adding that six died while the remaining four survived.
“Out of the people who died in custody, 10 of my members were in detention. Six died and four of them survived,” Nasiru said.
He disclosed that he was informed of the miners’ deaths in NSCDC cust...