Niger Judicial Commission Begins Sitting Tuesday Over Deaths Of 37 Miners

The Niger State Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up to investigate the deaths of 37 artisanal miners in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Minna will begin sitting on Tuesday.
The Commission is headed by Justice Mohammed Mohammed and is expected to examine the findings of the committee led by the Niger State Deputy Governor, Comrade Yakubu Garba, which has completed the collation of evidence from the government’s perspective on the circumstances surrounding the deaths.
The findings of the deputy governor’s committee are expected to be submitted to the state Judicial Commission of Inquiry as well as the committee set up by the Federal Ministry of I...