Lagos Confirms Award Of Over N61Million Contract For Mass Burial Of 103 #EndSARS Victims, Says Bodies Not From Lekki Toll Gate | Sahara Reporters

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Lagos Confirms Award Of Over N61Million Contract For Mass Burial Of 103 EndSARS Victims, Says Bodies Not From Lekki Toll Gate | Sahara Reporters

Lagos Confirms Award Of Over N61Million Contract For Mass Burial Of 103 #EndSARS Victims, Says Bodies Not From Lekki Toll GateThe Lagos State Government says the 103 casualties of #EndSARS that it plans to conduct a mass burial for are not victims of the Lekki toll gate shooting.

The letter dated July 19, 2023, and titled ‘Letter Of No Objection. Mass Burial For The 103. The Year 2020 EndSARS Victims’ was addressed to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health and signed by the Director General of the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency, Mr. Onafowote Fatai Idowu. The statement further read, “The attention of the Lagos State Government has been drawn to some social media publications about a purported mass burial plan for casualties of the 2020 #EndSARS incident.

“It is public knowledge that the year 2020 #EndSARS crisis that snowballed into violence in many parts of Lagos recorded casualties in different areas of the State and NOT from the Lekki Toll Gate as being inferred in the mischievous publications. “Relatives were to undergo DNA tests for identification purposes. It is important to state categorically that nobody responded to claim any of the bodies.

 

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Lagos Government Awards Over N61Million Contract To Funeral Home For Mass Burial Of 103 #EndSARS Victims 2 Years After Tragedy | Sahara ReportersA 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 dated July 19, 2023, and titled ‘Letter Of No Objection. Mass Burial For The 103. The Year 2020 EndSARS Victims’ was addressed to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health and signed by the Director General of the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency, Mr. Onafowote Fatai Idowu.
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