President Bola Tinubu has ordered a full and transparent investigation into the deaths of suspected illegal miners in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Niger State.
He directed that officials found to have contributed to the deaths be arrested and prosecuted.
Tinubu, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Friday, said the reported deaths were a grave matter requiring urgent investigation and accountability.
He said the life of every Nigerian mattered and that no citizen should die in government custody as a result of negligence, abuse, inhumane treatment or dereliction of duty.
