Minna, Nigeria, Sept 18, 2026 (AFP) - Nigeria miners struggled to breathe, screamed for help from cell before 37 died: survivors

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2026-09-18

Survivors of a Nigerian disaster that saw 37 suspected illegal gold miners die while in the custody of a paramilitary civil defence group recounted their panic on Friday as they struggled to breathe inside the cell. "We were jam-packed in the cell, no ventilation for us to breathe well," Dauda Shehu told journalists at a central Nigerian hospital. "All of a sudden we realised that we could not breathe and we were all scampering for where to get f......

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