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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 unravelled the cause of death of the suspects.
In the Executive Summary of the committee’s report, the statement reads: “overcrowding, unsuitable detention condition, failure of duty of care, inadequate supervision”.
The committee’s chairman, Jonathan Kure, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja while presenting the report to the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo.
The statement further reads that “fatalities resulted from environmental asphyxia caused by prolonged confinement in a severely overcrowded cell aggravated by heat stress and dehydration”.
According to the committee, the operation which led to the arrest of the suspects was without an “operational order” or approval from the national headquarters of the NSCDC.
