Deji Adeyanju joins probe into Niger NSCDC custody deaths
Deji Adeyanju has accepted appointment to a federal 10-member independent committee set up after 37 suspected illegal miners died in Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps custody in Niger State on September 17, 2026. The committee, chaired by retired deputy director-general Jonathan Kure, must identify the deceased, investigate the circumstances of arrest, detention and deaths, determine responsibility or misconduct, and recommend actions including compensation where applicable. It has access to facilities and documents, may visit sites and request memoranda, must report to Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo within two weeks, and the Niger State NSCDC commandant is suspended pending the outcome.
Federal committee will investigate 37 deaths in NSCDC custody.
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Thirty-seven suspected illegal miners died while in NSCDC custody on September 17, 2026. The federal government formed an independent committee and gave it two weeks to investigate and report. The committee may visit sites and recommend…
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