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Nigeria illegal mining deaths and protests 2026
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FIRST ENTRY SEP 18
SEP 18 · Day 1
Nigerian police investigate death in custody of 37 illegal mining suspects
The detainees repeatedly knocked on the cell door for help but nobody opened it.
The detainees had not been charged because profiling and documentation were still under way before the deaths.
The NSCDC's national headquarters later said the cause had not been established and would require medical and laboratory tests.
“The NSCDC wishes to clarify that reports attributing the deaths to any specific disease remain subject to medical and laboratory confirmation,”