They sprayed us something in the cell — Survivor of Niger miners’ deaths recounts
Survivors of the incident that killed 37 suspected illegal gold miners in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, have narrated their ordeals inside the cell where they were kept.
One of the survivors, while recounting his experience, said 17 people were initially locked inside a small room before additional detainees were brought in.
According to him, the detainees complained about the size of the room and the intense heat but were still kept inside.
“They locked us in a very small room. We were 17 in number, then they added more people, and we started complaining that the room was small,” he said.
