Full list of 37 miners who died in NSCDC custody in Niger

The names of the 37 suspected illegal miners who died in NSCDC custody in Niger State have been released, as the Vanguard reports that 24 NSCDC personnel — including Niger State Commandant Suberu Siyaka Aniviye — have been arrested and paraded in connection with the deaths.

The 37 victims are:

1. Ibrahim Sani
2. Fahad Sa’adu
3. Abdulsalam Ismail
4. Usman Aliyu
5. Abubakar Alhaji
6. Sani Nasir
7. Sanusi Khalid
8. Ahmad Aliyu
9. Safiyanu Abdullahi
10. Suleiman Dantala
11. Idris Haruna
12. Sani Yakubu
13. Safiyanu Abubakar
14. Abdullahi Abubakar
15. Abubakar Musa
16. Abdul Mudassir
17. Suleiman Lawal
18. Usman Abdullahi
19. Samuel Sambo
20. Ibrahim Musa
21. Yusuf Nasiru
22. Umar Lawal
23. Isyaku Amisu
24. Bissallah Adamu
25. Abdulbari Suleiman
26. Shafisu Lado
27. Usman Ahmad
28. Usman Ibrahim
29. Sani Isyaku
30. Musa Ibrahim
31. Idris Bashir
32. Kabiru Suleiman
33. Emmanuel Emeka
34. Mu’awiya AbdulKarim (not on General Hospital list)
35. Abdul Gafar Abubakar (not on General Hospital list)
36. Usman Haruna (not on General Hospital list)
37. Aro Salihu Soba (not on General Hospital list)

Four of the victims — numbers 34 to 37 — were not included in the General Hospital Minna’s official records, raising further questions about the full circumstances of the deaths and the accuracy of official documentation during the detention and burial process.