Niger governor pledges inquiry into death in NSCDC detention
Niger State Governor Mohammed Bago says he will investigate the death of Emmanuel, an employee of a private company who died while being held at an NSCDC detention facility. The available material gives no further details about the circumstances.
Niger State Governor Mohammed Bago has vowed to investigate the death of Emmanuel, a private firm employee who died in an NSCDC detention facility. Punch Nigeria reported that Bago made the commitment after the death. The governor said he would seek to establish what happened to Emmanuel while he was being held by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.
The supplied material does not state when the death occurred, why Emmanuel was detained or the circumstances surrounding it. It also does not say whether an internal inquiry or any other investigation is already under way. No findings, official response from the NSCDC or account from Emmanuel’s family is included in the available report.
Bago’s pledge amounts to a commitment to examine the case; it does not provide a conclusion about responsibility. Further details were not supplied.
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