By Uthman Baba -Naseer,Minna<\/p>\n
For the first time after the death of suspected illegal miners in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps,the embattled Commandant of the Corps Siaka Zubeiru Anirive has openly tendered an apology to the bereaved parents and the people and government of Niger State.<\/p>\n
He stated that the incident that led to the unfortunate death of the Miners in the custody could have be avoided \u201cbut I regretted that the Miners died during my tenure as the Commandant of the Corps in Niger State<\/p>\n
\u201c I want to use this opportunity to tender my apology to the parents of the deceased ,the people and government of Niger State. I regretted that the incident happened in my time as Commandant\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201c A mistake has been made but a costly one. My Apology to the parents of the deceased and to the people and government of Niger State\u201d he told the Justice Mohammed Mohammed Commission of Inquiry <\/p>\n
The suspended Commandant gave the apology when he appeared before the Justice Mohammed Mohammed Commission of Inquiry in Minna on Thursday.<\/p>\n
He disclosed that he assumed duty as the Commandant of the Niger State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on the 25th of August 2025 to 18th September,2026.<\/p>\n
He stated that there was an ongoing operations carried out within the mining site along M.I Wushishi Housing Estate,through a written and oral petition forwarded to his office by some communities around M.I Wushishi Housing Estate.<\/p>\n
He disclosed that the residents alleged that the miners are disturbing them and they have no option than to forward their petition to his office for necessary action.<\/p>\n
Adding that on the 15th of September, he personally visited the M.I Wushishi Mining site to see what is happening,he then put a call to the Command head of operation, ACC Joha Achagwa<\/p>\n
He stated that upon the receipt of the petition,he dispatched his men of the Mining Marshal to carry out operation in the mining site which led to the arrest of the illegal miners from the mining site.<\/p>\n
According to him the operation was carried out in the evening of the 16th,of September,2026 on the 17th of September, \u201c unortunately,we lost some suspects I in our custody\u201d<\/p>\n
Testifying further,Siyaka Zubeiru,while preparing to office,he received a call informing him of some casualty in the command,that some numbers of suspects have died in custody.<\/p>\n
He said he immediately rushed down to the office on arrival he went straight to the cell and discovered some dead bodies seen lying down on the floor of the cell.<\/p>\n
\u201c I then put a call to the governor what I met on ground. Then the governor directed me to take them to the mortuary. I then called on the medical department to take them to the hospital\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
He testified further that he called his other Colleaques in the security forces the state Commissioner of Police and Director Department of State Service (DSS) to inform them about the incident.<\/p>\n
\u201c The Director of DSS said he is on his coming with his me,and he came immediately,he was with me through out until they were evacuated to the hospital\u201d he added<\/p>\n
Responding to a question from the lead counsel of the Commission who is also the Director of Public Prosecutor in the of the Attorney General in Niger State,Usman Nuraini Baba,Esq, the suspended Commandant,told the Commission that there was a move to arraign them in Court on the 17th September before their death.<\/p>\n
Also testifying, the suspended head of the Legal unit of the Command,ACC Stephen Tsado,told the Commission that his duty as the legal officer of the Command is to prepare case files of suspects, charge cases to court for prosecution and give legal advice to the Commandant.<\/p>\n
He told the Commission that when he saw some minors among the suspects, he advised the Commandant to release them to their parents on bail to avoid their right.<\/p>\n
He said he personally met the Commandant on the need to grant the minors bail \u201cas a legal officer to the Command and also as a lawyer their right should not be infringe upon I advice him to grant them bail to their parents\u201d<\/p>\n
He said he didn’t know what happened along the line that he refused to yield to his legal advice.<\/p>\n
In her testimonies,a nurse in the medical unit of the Command, Nurse Maryam Etang on the 16th and 17th of September, as part of her routine duty she visited the cell to see to the well-beings of the suspects<\/p>\n
She said, \u201c I met three of our staff and checked them they were all okay. In the evening of the 16th September,I went back to. check them,one of suspect was seriously coughing on the 17th while they were bringing the bodies out from the cell,one of the named Emeka Emmanuel who not among the arrested miner was among the corpse that was brought out. I was shocked to see the body of Emeka\u201d she told the Commission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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