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

1. Tuesday to Wednesday
   The 67 suspects, including Sulieman Mohammed, were arrested.
2. Thursday
   Sulieman and 36 others were found dead in an NSCDC cell.
3. Thursday
   The security agency blamed the deaths on a possible disease outbreak.
4. Friday
   Niger state Gov. Umar Bago said 37 of 67 detainees probably died of suffocation.
5. Friday
   The head of the NSCDC in Niger state was suspended.
6. Saturday
   The government named a 10-member investigative committee and suspended 20 more NSCDC personnel.

“I went there the following morning to give him food, only to hear that he was dead.”