BREAKING: Overcrowding, extreme heat caused Niger miners’ deaths – Probe panel reveals

The independent ministerial committee investigating the recent deaths of 33 persons in the custody of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Minna, Niger State, has established the causes of the deaths of the suspects.The chairman of the committee, Jonathan Kure, while presenting the report of the investigation to the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Tuesday, identified the causes of death to include “overcrowding, unsuitable detention condition, failure of duty of care, inadequate supervision”.