EndSARS Victims: Lagos Suspends Planned Mass Burial, Gives Reason
- The Lagos State government has given a fresh update concerning the suspension of the planned mass burial for #EndSARS victims
- Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, said the suspension of the planned mass burial was to give people time to identify their relatives
- Omotosho, however, said “Up till now, nobody has shown up to identify any of the corpses" after the announcement
The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, said the planned mass burial of the 103 corpses recovered in the wake of the October 2020 #EndSARS protest by the state has been suspended.
Omotoso said the suspension was due to the controversy generated by the announcement in July, The Punch reported.
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He added that the move was also to give people the opportunity to identify their relatives among the corpses.
He said:
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“It is to allow more time for identification as suggested when it was disclosed that the government was planning a mass burial for them"
According to Business Day, the commissioner disclosed that the government has decided to give people more time as nobody has shown up to identify any of the corpses
Omotosho said the planned burial would “be carried out soon, but because of the controversies around that time, it was suspended. People now have the time and ample opportunity to see if their relatives are there.”
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Legit.ng reported controversies ahead of the third anniversary of the #EndSARS protest.
The fresh controversies followed a leaked memo that surfaced on the internet on Sunday, July 23.
It was confirmed in the leaked memo that the Lagos State government approved the sum of N61.2 million for the mass burial of 103 victims of the #EndSARS protest in the state.
This leaked memo raised eyebrows on whether the victims were the ones killed at the infamous Lekki tollgate #EndSARS protest.
The reactions was due to stance of the Lagos State government that nobody was shot by soldiers during the protest at Lekki toll gate as claimed.
Sanwo-Olu approved N61m for mass burial of ENDSARS victims? Lagos govt reacts
The Lagos State government earlier clarified the claim that it approved the sum of N61 million for the mass burial of victims of EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate.
In a statement on Sunday, July 23 by Olusegun Ogboye, the Permanent Secretary to the state's Ministry of Health, the government said none of the casualties to was from the Lekki toll gate as claimed.
Source: Legit.ng
