The International Human Rights Commission (IHRC) has released the names of 37 suspected illegal miners who died in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Niger State.
The victims were among some of the suspects arrested during operations conducted on September 15 and 16 around the Lt. Gen. Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi Estate in Minna, the state capital.
Awaisu Giwa, international peace ambassador at the IHRC, told TheCable on Sunday that the organisation obtained the initial list from records at General Hospital, Minna.
According to Giwa, the mortuary attendant provided the names on the instruction of the hospital’s Chief Medical Director, while relatives of some victims supplied four additional names after approaching the commission.
Giwa said, “We got the list from the CMD of the general hospital. It was written by the mortuary attendant for us, but we are going to the hospital tomorrow for the list to be on the official letterhead of the hospital.
“The CMD was the one who instructed the mortuary attendant to give us the names. Some people whose relatives were missing are beginning to report in our office.”
According to him, the list would be used to facilitate compensation for families of those who died in the incident.
See full list of victims below:
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
Abdul Mudassir
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
Idris Bashir
Kabiru Suleiman
Emmanuel Emeka
Mu’awiya AbdulKarim (not included in the general hospital list)
Abdul Gafar Abubakar (not included in the general hospital list)
Usman Haruna (not included in the general hospital list)
Yaro Salihu Soba (not included in the general hospital list)