Niger miners’ deaths: Gov Bago gives fresh updates

Niger State governor, Mohammed Bago, has fixed caller updates connected the deaths of suspected miners successful the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, successful the state.

Speaking during an interrogation connected Arise Television on Saturday, the politician said the Nigeria Police and the Department of State Services, DSS, had taken statements from those discharged from the hospital.

According to him, immoderate of them had been discharged and reunited with their families.

He stated that a fewer were inactive successful the hospital, expressing optimism that they would beryllium reunited with their families soon aft receiving attraction for dehydration and malnutrition.

“The DSS and the Nigerian Police took them into custody. Some person been discharged from the hospital. Some are inactive successful the hospital. Those discharged person reunited with their families.

“They person undergone aesculapian tests, and they person been certified to beryllium precise good to spell backmost to their families.

“A fewer are inactive successful the hospital, and we are hopeful that earlier the extremity of this week, they volition besides beryllium good due to the fact that they suffered a batch of dehydration and besides malnutrition,” the politician said.

Niger miners’ deaths: Gov Bago gives caller updates