Bago suspends Niger NSCDC command, probes deaths of 37 miners

Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has ordered a afloat probe into the deaths of astir 37 suspected amerciable miners successful the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, successful Minna.

Bago, who spoke during a media chat successful Minna, described the deaths arsenic tragic and unacceptable, saying the authorities authorities had constituted a committee of enquiry portion applicable information agencies had commenced abstracted investigations.

He besides disclosed that the NSCDC Commandant successful Niger State and his squad had been suspended to let for an impartial investigation.

“The authorities has instantly acceptable up a committee of enquiry and we person started work,” Bago stated.

The politician said the probe would found what happened to the detainees, stressing that the substance would not beryllium ignored.

According to him, “Lives of quality beings are lives of quality beings. Such an unjust authorities volition not tolerate immoderate benignant of injustice, and we are going to marque definite that we probe this happening profoundly until we get to the basal of this.”

Bago, however, cautioned against speculating connected the origin of death, saying forensic examinations, aesculapian assessments and autopsies were being conducted.

“There is nary authoritative basal origin of these deaths yet. It is excessively aboriginal for anybody to gully a decision connected the basal causes,” helium said.

He said imaginable cause...