Niger deaths: NSCDC Mining Marshals deny involvement

John Onoja Attah, Commander of the Mining Marshals, has said that his portion of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, was not progressive successful the deaths of 37 suspected amerciable miners successful custody successful Niger State connected September 16, 2026.

Attah made this clarification successful a connection connected Sunday.

His clarification comes amid allegations linking the NSCDC Mining Marshals to the incident.

Reports had alleged that the now-suspended Niger State NSCDC Commandant, Suberu Siyaka Aniviye, hinted that the Mining Marshals were progressive successful the cognition against suspected amerciable miners astatine the M.I. Wushishi Housing Estate successful Minna.

Reacting, Onoja said, contrary to Aniviye's claim, “no Mining Marshals operative is attached to the Niger State Command oregon to immoderate State Command of the Corps for that matter".

He stressed that nary Mining Marshals unit were progressive successful the cognition astatine immoderate time, citing authoritative r...