Niger Illegal Miners: Detainees drank urine, sweat in NSCDC cell before 33 died – Report

Details have emerged of how alleged illegal miners held in a cell at the Niger State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) drank urine or sweat because they had no access to drinking water before 33 of them died. 
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In a report submitted by the Independent Investigation Committee, constituted by the Federal Ministry of Interior to investigate the deaths,  it was discovered that the male cell had no running water and its toilet was not functioning.
The report quoted survivors as describing how they experienced extreme heat, dehydration and overcrowding, while they were unable to move freely in...