Miners’ deaths: Panel recommends summary dismissal, prosecution of NSCDC officers, N1.4bn for victims

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A panel investigating miners’ deaths in Nigeria recommended the dismissal and prosecution of officers from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps. It attributed the fatalities to asphyxia and respiratory failure in a poorly ventilated detention cell, worsened by heat stress and dehydration, and recommended N1.4 billion in compensation for victims.

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