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Police order probe as 37 suspected illegal miners die in NSCDC custody
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Premium Times · Sub-Saharan Africa
The Commissioner of Police, Adamu Elleman, ordered the investigation following the discovery of scores of detainees dead at an NSCDC detention facility in the early hours of Thursday. The post Police order probe as 37 suspected illegal miners die in NSCDC custody appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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