A Civil Society Organisation, Media Rights Agenda (MRA), has called on the Lagos State Government to comply with the order of a Lagos Federal High Court directing it to ensure an investigation into the death of Mr. Pelumi Onifade, a 20-year old reporter with Gboah TV.
A Civil Society Organisation, Media Rights Agenda , has called on the Lagos State Government to comply with the order of a Lagos Federal High Court directing it to ensure an investigation into the death of Mr. Pelumi Onifade, a 20-year old reporter with Gboah TV. Onifade was reportedly arrested by the Police while covering the #EndSARS protests in 2020 and later found dead.
The statement revealed that Justice Ayokunle Olayinka Faji of the Federal High Court had directed the Lagos State Government to conduct a coroner’s inquest to ascertain the cause of the young reporter's death. In a letter written by the organization’s lawyer, Mr. Kingsley Kenechukwu, of the law firm of Charles Musa and Co.
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