🇳🇬 Survivors recount deaths in detention in Nigeria

Three survivors told Reuters that Nigerian prison guards sprayed an unidentified substance into a crowded cell where dozens of detainees later died, while the doors remained locked despite cries for help. The account concerns a detention facility in Nigeria and describes multiple deaths inside an overcrowded cell.

Reuters reported the allegations on September 22, 2026, citing the three survivors. Further official details were not included in the available report excerpt.

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