Mass Burial: Amnesty International demands identities of #EndSARS protesters
Lagos state authorities must disclose identities of #EndSARS victims scheduled for mass burial, Amnesty International, an organisation focused on human rights, has said.
Isa Sanusi, the organisation’s director, in a statement on Monday, said the planned mass burial of 103 #EndSARS victims must be stopped, and an investigation into the killings be carried out to prosecute the perpetrators.
The organisation is responding to a leaked government memo dated 19 July, which was addressed to the Lagos State Ministry of Health by the state’s procurement agency.
On Sunday, a letter from the Lagos State Government Public Procurement Agency titled: Letter of No Objection – Mass Burial for the 103, the Year 2020 ENDSARS victims circulated on the internet for several hours, sparking outrage.
The letter revealed that the state government engaged the services of Messrs Tos Funeral Ltd, a private firm, at the cost of N61,285,000 to bury 103 bodies tagged as “Endsars victims.”
The Lagos State Government, however, confirmed the leaked memo and maintained that the victims to be buried are not from the controversial Lekki Tollgate shooting.
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