Niger miners: Atiku demands answers from Tinubu, Alake, Tunji-Ojo

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar said President Bola Tinubu, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, and the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, beryllium Nigerians answers implicit the decease of 37 miners successful the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, successful Niger State.

In a connection by his spokesperson, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku said Tinubu and the 2 ministers indispensable not beryllium allowed to fell down propaganda oregon sacrifice inferior officers to support those astatine the top.

Atiku said the victims were arrested live by agents of the Nigerian government, detained nether authorities authorization and ne'er returned live to their families.

He said the Tinubu medication explicate however 37 Nigerians died aft the authorities arrested them and assumed work for their safety.

“Thirty-seven Nigerians, galore of them teenagers, entered authorities custody alive. Thirty-seven of them died there. The Tinubu medication cannot explicate distant 37 bodies with property releases, suspensions and bureaucratic excuses.

“These were not casualties of Boko Haram. They were not murdered by bandits. They did not dice connected a battlefield. They died after...