Nigeria: I Heard Miners Screaming Before They Died - Detention Facility Head

AllAfrica22 October 2026, 05:05 UTCNigeria

[Leadership] The officer in charge of the detention facility of the Niger State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Assistant Superintendent of Corps (ASC) Usman Isah Ndamaka, has admitted hearing detained miners screaming before their deaths but said he did not open their cell because he feared they would overpower him.

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