EXCLUSIVE: 17-Year-Old Girl Returns To Niger Mining Site Days After 37 Miners Die In Custody, Says ‘I’m Not Afraid To Die’

Speaking exclusively to SaharaReporters during a visit to the community, Zainab said security agents had continued to chase miners away from the site.A 17-year-old girl, identified as Zainab, has returned to a mining site in Niger State days after 37 suspected illegal miners died in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), saying poverty has left her with little choice but to continue mining despite the danger.