Not All 37 Who Died In NSCDC Custody Were Artisanal Miners – Bago

Niger State governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has explained that preliminary findings showed that not all the 37 people who died in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Minna, the state capital, were artisanal miners
Bago stated this at a three-day Fida’a prayer held at the Tunga Central Mosque in Minna for the victims.
According to him, “preliminary information indicated that some people were already in the detention cells before the miners were brought in; the investigation will unravel the details.”
He said the investigation would determine who was detained earlier, who was brought in later, and the identities and ages of those arrested.
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