Niger mining tragedy: NSCDC officials sprayed unknown substance on miners – Survivor alleges

A subsister of the tragic amerciable mining incidental successful Niger State has alleged that immoderate officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) sprayed an chartless substance wrong a compartment wherever miners were being held.

The subsister made the allegation during a sojourn by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, to immoderate of the survivors who are presently successful the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). 

The sojourn was captured successful a video shared by @NigAffairs connected X.

According to the survivor, the miners were enactment wrong the compartment earlier the substance was sprayed.

“They enactment america successful a tiny room. There were 17 of us, and they enactment america there. Then they brought 8 much people. We told them that the country was excessively tiny and that it was not capable for us, but they told america to basal up, truthful we stood up.

“They aboriginal took america to the cell. It was precise blistery there, and they locked america inside. They past started spraying something. After that, immoderate radical started falling down.

“Some of america were inactive conscious, but they said we should stay there. We told them that radical were dying, but they did not listen.

“I did not cognize what the substance was, but aft they sprayed it, radical started falling down. That was what happened to us,” the subsister alleged. 

He besides alleged that the incidental occurred aft ...