The International Human Rights Commission compiled a list of 37 people who died while held by the NSCDC in Niger stateThe victims were arrested during operations in Minna in September before being found dead in what officials described as a suspected disease outbreakThe IHRC said four additional names were added to the list after relatives of unrecorded victims approached the commissionPAY ATTENTION: Mark Legit.ng as a preferred source, and our content will appear higher in your Google feed!Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over eight years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues.Minna, Niger state – The International Human Rights Commission (IHRC) has identified 37 suspected illegal miners who died in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Niger state, compiling their names from records at General Hospital, Minna.Legit.ng reports that Awaisu Giwa, the international peace ambassador at the IHRC, said on Sunday, September 20, that the organisation obtained the initial list from the hospital’s mortuary attendant, who wrote it down on the instruction of the hospital’s chief medical director (CMD).The International Human Rights Commission identifies 37 suspected illegal miners who reportedly died in NSCDC custody in Niger state. Photo credit: @official_NSCDC Source: TwitterGiwa said:PAY ATTENTION: From breaking news to viral moments. Follow Legit.ng on Instagram!”We got the list from the CMD of the general hospital. It was written by the mortuary attendant for us, but we are going to the hospital tomorrow for the list to be on the official letterhead of the hospital.”The CMD was the one who instructed the mortuary attendant to give us the names.
Some people whose relatives were missing are beginning to report in our office.”Niger mining: Background to the deathsThe deceased were among a larger group of suspects arrested by the NSCDC during operations conducted on September 15 and 16 around Lt Gen Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi Estate in Minna, the Niger state capital.Suberu Aniviye, who was NSCDC commandant in the state at the time, said in a statement that “scores of the detained suspects were found dead in the early hours of Thursday, September 17, following a suspected outbreak of disease.”Following the deaths, the federal government suspended Aniviye and ordered a full investigation into what happened to the detained suspects while in NSCDC custody.President Bola Tinubu-led federal government suspends Aniviye and orders an investigation into the deaths of detained suspects in NSCDC custody in Niger state. Photo credit: Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Source: FacebookNiger deaths: What comes next for the families?Giwa stated that four names were added to the original list after relatives of victims, whose names were not captured in the initial hospital records, came forward to the commission directly.He added that the compiled list would be used to facilitate compensation for the families of those who lost their lives in the incident.Below is the full list of victims obtained by The Cable.Ibrahim SaniIbrahim MusaYusuf NasiruUmar LawalIsyaku AmisuFahad Sa’aduAbdulsalam IsmailSafiyanu AbdullahiSuleiman DantalaIdris HarunaSani YakubuSafiyanu AbubakarAbdullahi AbubakarAbubakar MusaUsman AliyuAbubakar AlhajiMusa IbrahimIdris BashirKabiru SuleimanSani NasirSanusi KhalidAhmad AliyuAbdul MudassirSuleiman LawalUsman AbdullahiSamuel SamboBissallah AdamuAbdulbari SuleimanShafisu LadoUsman AhmadUsman IbrahimSani IsyakuEmmanuel EmekaAbdul Gafar Abubakar (not included in the general hospital list)Usman Haruna (not included in the general hospital list)Mu’awiya AbdulKarim (not included in the general hospital list)Yaro Salihu Soba (not included in the general hospital list)Read more Niger State newsFG secures release of 100 Niger Catholic schoolchildrenPanic as military jet crashes in Niger community, video emerges“Why military Alpha Jet crashed in Niger community”: NAF explainsNSCDC arrests 2 illegal miners Previously, Legit.ng reported that the NSCDC Mining Marshals arrested two suspects found operating an alleged illegal gold mining site in the Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory. The enforcement unit moved in after receiving credible intelligence and a petition claiming that mining was taking place outside the approved boundaries of a valid exploration licence. Source: Legit.ng Ridwan Adeola Yusuf (Current Affairs Editor) Ridwan Adeola Yusuf is a content writer with more than nine years of experience, He is also a Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng.
He holds a Higher National Diploma in Mass Communication from the Polytechnic Ibadan, Oyo State (2014). Ridwan previously worked at Africa Check, contributing to fact-checking research works within the organisation. He is an active member of the Academic Excellence Initiative (AEI). In March 2024, Ridwan completed the full Google News Initiative Lab workshop and his effort was recognised with a Certificate of Completion.
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