The Federal Government’s Independent Investigative Committee probing the deaths of detainees in the custody othe Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Niger State has identified 33 deceased persons, including children aged 11 and 12. The identities were documented in a deceased master register

The identities were documented in a deceased master register compiled by the committee investigating the deaths at the NSCDC facility in Minna, chaired by a former Deputy Director-General of the Department of State Services, Jonathan Kure.

The register contains the names and ages of the deceased, their arrest dates, detention location, identification details, post-mortem records and recorded causes of death.

The youngest person listed is Uzaifa Aliyu, aged 11. Two 12-year-olds, Abdulsalam Samaila, also known as Ismail, and Mohammad Sani Nasir, are also among the deceased.

According to Section 6.1 of the committee’s report, the identities of the 33 detainees were established through arrest and detention registers and testimonies.

The register records the deaths as occurring between September 16 and 17, 2026, with the NSCDC Niger State Command identified as the detention location for all 33 persons.

The committee’s overall finding attributed the deaths to acute hypoxic respiratory failure, also described as environmental asphyxia, aggravated by heat stress and dehydration in an overcrowded cell.

However, the register makes a distinction between the overall finding and the individual records.

Environmental asphyxia was listed as a provisional cause of death in three cases, while the individual causes of death for the other detainees were generally recorded as undetermined because post-mortem examinations were not conducted.

The three detainees whose records listed environmental asphyxia as a provisional cause of death were Emmanuel Emeka, Kabiru Suleiman and Idris Haruna.

Emeka, 25, was arrested on September 12, while Suleiman, aged between 14 and 16, and Haruna, 30, were arrested on September 16.

Their records indicate that post-mortem examinations were conducted on September 21 and that all three remained listed as being in the morgue.

The remaining 30 detainees were recorded as buried, with their individual causes of death undetermined.

Full list of the 33 deceased detainees are below

The following is the list of names, ages and arrest dates contained in the committee’s master register:

1. Emmanuel Emeka, 25 — Arrested September 12, 2026. His father, Emmanuel Onyenaucheya, was listed for identification. A DNA sample was collected. Post-mortem examination: September 21. Provisional cause of death: environmental asphyxia. Status: in the morgue.

2. Kabiru Suleiman, 14–16 — Arrested September 16, 2026. His cousin, Isiaku Usman, was listed for identification. A DNA sample was collected. Post-mortem examination: September 21. Provisional cause of death: environmental asphyxia. Status: in the morgue.

3. Idris Haruna, 30 — Arrested September 16, 2026. Initially recorded as “John Doe”, he was subsequently identified through arrest and detention registers. A DNA sample was collected, but no reference sample was available at the time of recording. Post-mortem examination: September 21. Provisional cause of death: environmental asphyxia. Status: in the morgue.

4. Mu’awiya Abdulkareem, 23 — Arrested September 16, 2026. His father, Abdulkareem Mami, was listed for identification. He was visually identified. No post-mortem examination was conducted; cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

5. Sani Yakubu (Isiyaku), 25 — Arrested September 16, 2026. His uncle, Usman Adamu, was listed for identification. He was visually identified. No post-mortem examination was conducted; cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

6. Safiyanu Abdullahi, 24 — Arrested September 16, 2026. His brother, Umar Jubril, was listed for identification. He was visually identified. No post-mortem examination was conducted; cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

7. Safiyanu Abubakar, 16 — Arrested September 16, 2026. His father, Samaila Umar, was listed for identification. He was visually identified. No post-mortem examination was conducted; cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

8. Ibrahim Sani (Salihu), 17 — Arrested September 15, 2026. His father, Sani Danbauchi, was listed for identification. No post-mortem examination was conducted; cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

9. Abdulsalam Samaila (Ismail), 12 — Arrested September 15, 2026. His father, Samaila Suleiman, was listed for identification. He was visually identified. No post-mortem examination was conducted; cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

10. Fahad Sa’adu, 16 — Arrested September 15, 2026. His father, Sa’adu Mohammed, was listed for identification. He was visually identified. No post-mortem examination was conducted; cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

11. Ahmad Aliyu, 19 — Arrested September 15, 2026. His uncle, Umar Abdullahi, was listed for identification. He was visually identified. No post-mortem examination was conducted; cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

12. Safiyu Abdullahi Lado, 18 — Arrested September 16, 2026. His Islamic teacher, Khamisu Mallam Hassan, was listed for identification. No post-mortem examination was conducted; cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

13. Suleiman Lawal, 15 — Arrested September 16, 2026. His father, Lawal Mohammed, was listed for identification. No post-mortem examination was conducted; cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

14. Usman Abdullahi, 18 — Arrested September 16, 2026. His father, Abdullahi Usman, was listed for identification. No post-mortem examination was conducted; cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

15. Ibrahim Musa, 17 — Arrested September 16, 2026. His father, Musa Aliyu, was listed for identification. No post-mortem examination was conducted; cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

16. Abubakar Musa, 17 — Arrested September 16, 2026. His father, Musa Aliyu, was listed for identification. No post-mortem examination was conducted; cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

17. Abdullahi Mudassir, 19 — Arrested September 16, 2026. His brother, Abubakar Buhari, was listed for identification. No post-mortem examination was conducted; cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

18. Samuel Philip Sambo, 18 — Arrested September 16, 2026. His father, Philip Sambo, was listed for identification. No post-mortem examination was conducted; cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

19. Yusuf Nasir, 17 — Arrested September 16, 2026. His father, Nasir Mohammed, was listed for identification. No post-mortem examination was conducted; cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

20. Mohammad Sani Nasir, 12 — Arrested September 15, 2026. His father was recorded as Husseini Mohammed, although the report noted that an emirate list gave his mother’s name as Aisha Nasiru. No post-mortem examination was conducted; cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

21. Abdulbari Suleiman, 16 — Arrested September 16, 2026. His brother, Abdulrahman Sani, was listed for identification. No post-mortem examination was conducted; the cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

22. Isiya Hamisu, 22 — Arrested September 16, 2026. His brother, Abdullahi Aliyu, was listed for identification. No post-mortem examination was conducted; the cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

23. Usman Ibrahim, 20 — Arrested September 16, 2026. His uncle, Sani Idris, was listed for identification. No post-mortem examination was conducted; the cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

24. Suleiman Dantala, 23 — Arrested September 16, 2026. His father, Dantala Tanko, was listed for identification. No post-mortem examination was conducted; the cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

25. Sani Taminu, 20 — Arrested September 16, 2026. His father was recorded as Tanimu Garba. No post-mortem examination was conducted; the cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

26. Uzaifa Aliyu, 11 — Arrested September 15, 2026. His mother, Rashida Aliyu, was listed for identification. No post-mortem examination was conducted; cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

27. Abubakar Naibi, 57 — Arrested September 15, 2026. No identifying relative was listed. No post-mortem examination was conducted; cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

28. Abdullahi Abubakar, 15 — Arrested September 16, 2026. No identifying relative was listed. No post-mortem examination was conducted; cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

29. Bisalla Adamu, 17 — Arrested September 16, 2026. No identifying relative was listed. No post-mortem examination was conducted; cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

30. Sani Isyaku, 18 — Arrested September 16, 2026. No identifying relative was listed. No post-mortem examination was conducted; cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

31. Musa Ibrahim, 18 — Arrested September 16, 2026. No identifying relative was listed. No post-mortem examination was conducted; cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

32. Idris Bashir, 25 — Arrested September 16, 2026. No identifying relative was listed. No post-mortem examination was conducted; cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

33. Usman Haruna, 18 — Arrested September 16, 2026. No identifying relative was listed. No post-mortem examination was conducted; cause of death was undetermined. Status: buried.

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