By Uthman Baba Naseer,Minna<\/p>\n
The Nine members of the Judiciary Commission of Inquiry to investigate the death of 37 persons in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Minna,has commenced its inaugural sitting in Minna with a warning to the media to guard against any report that will jeopardize the findings of the Commission.<\/p>\n
He warned that journalists reporting the proceedings of the Commission, should avoid reporting the commission proceedings out of context to avoid disrupting the purpose in which the commission was constituted.<\/p>\n
\u201c Report the proceedings of the commission accurately. I don’t want a situation where a different thing is taken on social media from the proceedings of the commission\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The Chairman of the Nine members of the Commission, Justice Mohammed Mohammed stated that the Commission the Judiciary Commission of Inquiry was constituted with the purpose of investigating the remote caused of the death of the 37 persons in the custody of the NSCDC and submits it reports and also make the needed recommendation to the government for necessary action.<\/p>\n
He explained that the commission is only a fact finding commission saddled with the mandate of investigating what led to the death of the 37 alleged miners,what happened while in custody,what is the size of the custody where they were detained and how habitable is the facility in which they were kept among other findings.<\/p>\n
According to the Chairman of the Commission, the Judicial Commission was not a Court of competent jurisdiction \u201cbut a fact finding commission that is open for members of the public to come forward with any information that will be of useful to assist the commission in its findings\u201d<\/p>\n
Justice Mohammed Mohammed assured that the commission will leave up to its duty of ensuring its findings and recommendations to the government bring about succor to the family of bereaved <\/p>\n
He called on members of the public,organisations and other agencies to come forward with any relevant information that will assist the commission in arriving at making its findings and recommendations to the government for the next steps.<\/p>\n
He appealed to the members of the counsels that will appear before the Commission to bear in mind that the Commission will not entertain the usual court technicality known of counsels stressing the need for counsels to avoid any act that of undue applications of adjournment of the commission proceedings.<\/p>\n
\u201c This is a fact finding commission which has a timelines in its proceedings. I will not allow unnecessary applications that will call for any adjournment in this commission; the usual court proceedings should be avoided\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the inaugural sitting of the Commission, a Minna based legal Practitioner Mohammed Kudu Ndayako,SAN noted that key answers relating to officers conduct,facility,adequacy, and oversight lies squarely with the leadership of the Corps.<\/p>\n
\u201c Commandant,Command office in Niger State, is it adequate to accommodate certain numbers of inmates. It is only the Commandant General my Lord can provide certain answer\u201d he suggested <\/p>\n
The Senior Advocate of Nigeria pointed out a contradiction in the preliminary handling of the detention of the 37 persons,noting that the NSCDC Commandant General has some key answers to very key questions regarding oversight,officer negligence, or recklessness was instead seen publicly questioning surviving inmates and officers.<\/p>\n
Stressing the importance of public participation, Kudu Ndayako SAN disclosed that he has already submitted his formal memorandum to the Commission,he called on members of the public,civil society organisation and interested members of the society to submit their memorandum to assist the commission in its findings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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