The thirty-seven suspected illegal miners who died while in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Niger State have been identified.
According to The Cable, a human rights organisation, The International Human Rights Commission (IHRC), compiling the names from hospital and family records.
NPO Report recalls that 37 suspected illegal miners had on Thursday died in the custody of the NSCDC following their arrest on September 15 and 16 around Lt Gen Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi Estate in Minna, the Niger state capital.
The International Human Rights Commission (IHRC) told The Cable that it obtained an initial list of the deceased from the General Hospital, Minna, through the hospital’s mortuary attendant on the instruction of the Chief Medical Director.
According to Awaisu Giwa, the organisation’s international peace ambassador, four additional names were later brought forward after relatives contacted the commission over missing family members whose names were not included in the hospital’s initial record.
He said the commission was expected to obtain an official copy of the list from the hospital and would also use the records as part of efforts to facilitate compensation for the victims’ families.
The 37 names identified are:
- Ibrahim Sani
- Fahad Sa’adu
- Abdulsalam Ismail
- Usman Aliyu
- Abubakar Alhaji
- Sani Nasir
- Sanusi Khalid
- Ahmad Aliyu
- Safiyanu Abdullahi
- Suleiman Dantala
- Idris Haruna
- Sani Yakubu
- Safiyanu Abubakar
- Abdullahi Abubakar
- Abubakar Musa
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- Suleiman Lawal
- Usman Abdullahi
- Samuel Sambo
- Ibrahim Musa
- Yusuf Nasiru
- Umar Lawal
- Isyaku Amisu
- Bissallah Adamu
- Abdulbari Suleiman
- Shafisu Lado
- Usman Ahmad
- Usman Ibrahim
- Sani Isyaku
- Musa Ibrahim
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- Kabiru Suleiman
- Emmanuel Emeka
- Mu’awiya AbdulKarim*
- Abdul Gafar Abubakar*
- Usman Haruna*
- Yaro Salihu Soba*
The last four names were not included in the initial General Hospital, Minna list but were subsequently provided by relatives, according to the IHRC.
