37 NSCDC custody deaths: Committee of inquiry begins investigation

The Independent Committee of Inquiry into the reported deaths of 37 persons successful the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has commenced sittings.

The sitting followed its inauguration by the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo.

Professor Isa Hayatu Chiroma, SAN, Secretary of the Independent Committee of Inquiry, said successful a connection connected Thursday that the Committee held its inaugural gathering instantly aft being sworn successful and adopted a enactment program to usher the behaviour of its investigation.

“In enactment with this enactment plan, the Committee volition sojourn each applicable sites, prosecute with applicable authorities agencies, and interrogation survivors, suspects and different persons with worldly cognition of the incident.

“It volition besides stitchery each documents and different materials indispensable to found the afloat facts of the matter,” the connection said.

According to the statement, the Committee’s aesculapian squad has already begun enactment to find the cause, mechanics and mode of the deaths.

The Committee appealed to members of the nationalist to enactment its enactment and ...