Minna33 detainees, including 14 children, died in one cell.
A federal panel says officers ignored warnings of suffocation while detainees screamed for hours.
The panel says Commandant Suberu Siyaka ordered the arrests without clearance, and about 50 men were held in one cell.
Siyaka told investigators he left at 6 p.m. and learned of the deaths by telephone at 7 a.m.
The panel wants 5 officers prosecuted for murder and torture, but its findings are not convictions.
How each outlet framed it
- Premium Times Nigeria leans critical
- details the panel's findings that officers ignored suffocation warnings and detained children with adults, and the dismissal recommendations
Sources: Premium Times Nigeria