Niger miners’ deaths: Gov Bago makes fresh revelations

Governor Mohammed Bago of Niger State has made caller revelations astir the deaths of 37 suspected miners successful the custody of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, successful the state.

Addressing newsmen on Friday, Bago said determination was humor and foam successful the victims’ mouths, which could bespeak poisoning oregon suffocation.

According to him, determination were besides burns connected the bodies of immoderate of the victims, stating that further probe would uncover what happened.

He added that imaginable causes being investigated included suffocation arising from overcrowding successful the detention compartment and vulnerability to hazardous chemicals associated with amerciable mining.

“We conscionable woke up to the quality of the deaths; we don’t cognize what happened. Some of the victims were recovered with foam oregon humor successful their mouths, which could bespeak poisoning oregon suffocation. We are not sure.

“Samples were taken from immoderate of them earlier they were buried. There were burns connected the bodies of some. We truly don’t cognize what happened, but probe volition unravel the truth,” the politician said.

Recall that youths successful the authorities took to the streets to protestation the incident, resulting successful the imposition of a 24-hour curfew by the authorities authorities to forestall a breakdown of instrumentality and order.

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