Miners’ deaths: Panel recommends summary dismissal, prosecution of NSCDC officers, N1.4bn for victims

Vanguard News | 28-10-2026 06:04am |

•Says overcrowding, heat stress, dehydration caused deaths •Rules out use of chemicals; as FG vows justice By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA—An independent ministerial committee has recommended summary dismissal, administrative sanctions and prosecution of some officers of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, over the deaths of 33 detainees in the custody of its Niger State command in Minna, along ...

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