Lagos govt suppressed EndSARS evidence, Farotimi alleges | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
A lawyer Dele Farotimi has accused the Lagos State Government of suppressing the evidence of killings that occurred during the EndSARS protest in October 2020. Farotimi said this while reacting to a leaked memo that the Lagos government has approved the mass burial of 103 corpses recovered in the aftermath of the EndSARS protest. "It…A lawyer Dele Farotimi has accused the Lagos State Government of suppressing the evidence of killings that occurred during the EndSARS protest in October 2020.
“There are multiple people who came out to say that their people died, people who saw their friends dying in that place but who never saw their bodies. He also slammed the Lagos government for lying to the people of the state for almost three years and for bringing back very sad memories that they are trying to forget.
“The panel set up by the government itself was unequivocal in accepting that there was a massacre,” he said.
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