00:00Illegal mining remains a challenge in Nigeria, but after the death of 37 suspected illegal
00:06miners in the custody of the security agency last week, many want explanations for the
00:12incident.
00:12According to First Eyewitness reports, the miners suffocated due to poor ventilation
00:17in the detention facility.
00:19The survivors and family members of those who died shared their grief.
00:23I survived that cell only by the grace of God.
00:26It felt like they wanted all of us to die there.
00:29If we had known we were going to die in that cell, none of us would have entered it.
00:34We would have resisted arrest at the mining site and been prepared to die there.
00:39That would have been better than dying in that cell.
00:44I am not feeling happy, because I am very hurt.
00:49I had a lot of expectations for my son, but now it has been shattered completely.
00:56I am really hurt.
01:02An investigation into the incident has been ordered and several members of the NSCDC security
01:07agency have been suspended.
01:09But for the families of the deceased, these actions are too little, too late.
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