Niger Miners’ Deaths: Panel Urges FG To Apologise To Families, Nigerians

The independent ministerial committee investigating the deaths of 33 persons in the custody of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Minna, Niger State, has urged the federal government to apologise to the bereaved families, survivors and Nigerians, describing the incident as a preventable custodial tragedy.
The committee recommended the formal apology following its investigation into the deaths, which included 14 minors, and attributed the incident to severe overcrowding, unlawful detention conditions, failure of duty of care, ignored distress calls and wider institutional deficiencies.

Chairman of the committee, Jonathan Kure, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja ...