Niger miners death will never be repeated – FG reels out ‘mandates’ to probe committee

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, connected Monday said the national authorities would guarantee that the benignant of calamity witnessed successful the decease of miners is ne'er repeated successful Nigeria.

Tunji-Ojo gave the assurance successful Abuja during the the inauguration of a 10-man autarkic committee to probe the decease of the miners portion successful the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.

Recently, 37 amerciable miners died portion successful custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, successful Minna, Niger State.

The amerciable miners died portion being held by the NSCDC aft enforcement enactment was carried retired astir Lt. Gen. Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi Estate, successful Minna, Niger State.

Following the incident, the national authorities had inaugurated a 10-member committee to analyse the decease of the alleged amerciable miners.

The curate pledged to guarantee the committee remains escaped from each forms of interference during its assignment.

Tunji-Ojo besides reeled retired 12 mandates of the committee successful unravelling the circumstances starring to the decease of the alleged amerciable miners successful NSCDC’s custody.

According to Tunji-Ojo: “This committee is autarkic of maine arsenic the curate of interior, this committee indispensable beryllium autarkic of each official. Let maine beryllium wide on...