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Families of suspected illegal miners who died in Nigerian detention accuse officials of mistreatment

Lawan Mohammed is distraught over the death of his 25-year-old son Sulieman who was found dead in the custody of a Nigerian security agency in the north-central region of the country. He said Sulieman was a motorcycle mechanic in Niger state and was on his way home when he and some friends were a...

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