Pelumi Onifade, 20, died while covering the #EndSARS protests of October 2020
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He referred to paragraph 14 of the counter-affidavit filed by the attorney-general on 20 March 2023, in which he stated that he would prosecute anyone who gas a prima facie case established against them in relation to Mr Onifade’s death. It sought the court’s declaration that the constitutional and statutory duties of the respondents do not extend to unlawful detention of innocent individuals who have not been charged to court or found guilty of any offence by a competent court of law in Nigeria.
Mr Faji said there was no evidence before the court to support MRA’s claim that the late journalist died in the custody of the police, after which his body was deposited at the Ikorodu Mortuary in
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