Lagos Government Awards Over N61Million Contract To Funeral Home For Mass Burial Of 103 #EndSARS Victims 2 Years After TragedyA letter from the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency has confirmed a move by the state government to carry out a mass burial for 103 victims of #EndSARS close to three years after their deaths.
The letter reads, “We refer to your letter dated 13 July, 2023 with Ref No: LSMH/G/NS/013-1/23 in respect of the above subject matter. “IV. The letter of award is to be accompanied with a copy of this letter of"NO- Objection, Certificate of Registration / Renewal with PPA and receipt of payment of Admin fees to be paid before Release of Fund.
When SaharaReporters contacted TOS Funerals to confirm the contract and find out if the company has a record of the number of victims from Lekki toll gate out of the figure, one Mr. Dele who answered the call, said,"How would I know anything about that? This is ridiculous. The right place to go to will be the Ministry of Health."
“If they wanted to hide it, they would not have put Lekki there. The pathologist, Prof. John Obafunwa confirmed that he carried out autopsies on 99 bodies from across Lagos. The protesters had gone on for over a week before the incident at the Lekki toll gate, which was condemned locally and internationally.
The pathologist had testified that the coroner’s office conducted post-mortem autopsies on 99 bodies during the period, but said only three bodies were labelled as #EndSARS Lekki. Those killed were identified as Victor Sunday Ibanga, Abuta Solomon, Jide, Olalekan Abideen Ashafa, Olamilekan Ajasa, Kolade Salami, Folorunsho Olabisi, Kenechukwu Ugoh and Nathaniel Solomon while those presumed dead were listed as Abiodun Adesanya, Ifeanyi Nicholas Eji, Tola and Wisdom.
The Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration faulted the panel’s report that nine persons were killed by the police and soldiers at the toll gate.