By Uthman Baba-Naseer,Minna<\/p>\n
A Survivor of the death, in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp,(NSCDC) in Niger State Command, Abdulsalam Yakubu,has told the Justice Mohammed Mohammed Judicial Commission of Inquiry that the operatives of the NSCDC stole his two bottles of already mined gold and cash amount of one million,three fifty thousand naira. (N1.350m).<\/p>\n
He further told the Commission that the money was kept in his bag during his arrest from a mining site in the Lokoto area of Bosso Local Government and his working tools and other valuables while in custody.<\/p>\n
Testifying before the Commission in Minna Wednesday, Abdulsalam Yakubu stated that he is among the internal displaced Person (IDP) to Minna from Allawa in Shiroro Local Government as a result of incessant armed banditry activities in the community.<\/p>\n
He said he came into mining activity to earn his livelihood and he was making enough money to take care of aged parents who are now in (IDP) camp.<\/p>\n
Stating that even with the arrest and the death of the miners in custody he will not be deterred from going in to the mining site to make his earning.<\/p>\n
\u201c We are still going into the mining site because we don’t have any other means of livelihood. We came into mining because we have been displaced from our community in Allawa by armed bandits\u201d he told the Commission.<\/p>\n
The survivor revealed that the numbers of death recorded in the NSCDC custody were 48 not the 37 as widely reported, insisting that he was even surprised to hear that 37 death were recorded.<\/p>\n
\u201c I’m aware that we lost 48 persons in custody, not 37 as reported. I’m even surprised to hear that 37 people died in custody. The number of persons that died in custody are 48 not 37\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n
Also testifying, is Dauda Shehu,told the Commission that the financial support from well-meaning individuals were diverted by the members of the Niger State chapter of the Nigeria Mining Association<\/p>\n
According to Dauda Shehu,among the persons that donated to the parents of the victims and the survivors, included the governorship Candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in Niger State,Alhaji Mohammed Mamman Nami,and his wife Hajiya Zainab Nami.<\/p>\n
He told the Commission that Mamman Nami gave each parents and the survivors the sums five hundred thousand,while his wife gave cash donation of ten million naira through the executive of the mining association,but three hundred thousand were given against the five hundred thousand naira while fifty thousand naira were given from the ten million naira from Nami\u2019s wife.<\/p>\n
He further alleged the operatives of the Niger State Command of the Mining Marshal under the head of the Marshal one Jibril Sani took some substantial amount of money from his bag and his working tools and already mined gold while in detention.<\/p>\n
When he demanded the refund of his interns collected from him and his money,the head of the mining Marshal only told him that he should thank him for his release on bail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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