00:00Investigations are underway in Nigeria after 37 suspected illegal gold miners died in the custody of a paramilitary civil defense
00:08group.
00:09President Bona Tenobu has now ordered a full and transparent inquiry while the government has suspended a civil defense commander.
00:18Mobs reportedly blocked roads and attacked businesses, prompting authorities to impose a desk to down curfew.
00:25And even though because today is a Friday, immediately after the Friday mobs, we are putting a 24-hour's curfew
00:31here in Maina.
00:32The state transport company, all the buses we have there have been vandalized.
00:37Stalin bank hits, party offices destroyed, people businesses destroyed.
00:43Vandals are taking over the street and there is need for us to, you know, curtail these things.
00:48Survivors say the overcrowding and poor ventilation may have caused the miners to suffocate inside packed cells.
00:55The death has sparked protests in Maina, the capital of Niger state.
01:00Police filed shots to disperse crowds, although it was not immediately clear whether they used live ammunition or anti-rass
01:07pellets.
01:08We would not compromise in ensuring that the proper thing is done to unravel the cause of this incident.
01:17So I want to warn them not to take laws into their hands.
01:21We are going to ensure that we patrol the towns and ensure that there is no breakdown of the...
01:27The incident has intensified anger in Niger state, a mineral-rich region also facing violence, kidnappings and extortion linked to
01:37criminal gangs and armed groups.
01:39In a matter of time, the state permits us to help us out ouràng Enjoyicle PBSJ1 f candidates.
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