Northern senators demand probe into deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners

The Northern Senators Forum (NSF) has urged the Federal Government to guarantee a full, autarkic and transparent probe into the deaths of 37 suspected amerciable miners who died successful the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) successful Minna, Niger State.

In a connection issued on Saturday, the forum’s chairman, Senator Abdulaziz Musa Yar’Adua (APC, Katsina Central), said the circumstances surrounding the deaths were disturbing and demanded accountability.

He said Nigerians deserved wide answers astir however the incidental happened.

“Nigerians indispensable cognize who ordered the arrests, wherever the detainees were taken, who authorised their detention successful the facility, whether the country was acceptable for quality habitation, erstwhile the distress calls were made, who heard them, what enactment was taken, and the precise circumstances successful which each unfortunate died,” helium said.

The senators called for the probe to see the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), credible civilian nine organisations and autarkic forensic experts to ensure...