Lekki Shootings: New revelations on #EndSARS
...as activists' lawyer speaks on 103 bodies, mass burial memo Mr. Adesina Ogunlana was the lead counsel to #EndSARS activists at the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters. Among other matters, the panel probed the shooting of activists protesting police brutality at the Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos on October 20, 2020. There had been a controversy as to whether the shootings resulted in deaths. Meanwhile, there were also protests in other parts of Lagos, especially Ikeja, Orile, Marina, Oyingbo and Ketu as well as other parts of the country. Only last week, a memo emerged in the public space indicating that N61 million may be spent by government to carry out mass burial of 103 slain protesters of the brutality by the now defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the police in Lagos. The memo, dated July 19, 2023, captures steps for the processing of funds after approval by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Earlier, a Mini...