#EndSARS frontliners reject proposed mass burial for victims

<p>A group identified as #EndSARS Frontliners has rejected the mass burial proposed by the Lagos State Government for the 103 people who lost their lives in the October 2020 killings that took place at the Lekki Toll Gate.</p>, <p>The rejection was made in a statement by the Coalition of #EndSARS Frontliners with the group calling for the immediate suspension of the planned mass burial.</p>, <p>The group in the statement also said that the security and welfare of the people should always be the primary purpose of the government as seen in Section 14 (2)(b) of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution (as amended).</p>, <p>“The Coalition of #EndSARS Protesters and Supporters, national and globally are horrified by the planned mass burial of 103 protesters and civilians who tragically lost their lives in the October 2020 state-sponsored violence and murder at the Lekki Toll Gate, and the callous and insincere statement by the Lagos State Government in response to the leaked memo approving the contract for the mass burial.</p>, <p>“The Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led Lagos State Government continues to misinform the global community in an attempt to manipulate public perception and evade justice and accountability.</p>, <p>“Between October 21 and 23, 2020, Sanwo-Olu contradicted himself three times. First, he said, ‘Nobody died at Lekki Toll Gate’; the next day, ‘One person died and it was from blunt trauma to the head;’ and on the 3rd day, he said, ‘Two deaths have now been confirmed among the protesters in Lekki’.</p>, <p>“#EndSARS protesters and investigative journalists are convinced that many people died at Lekki Toll Gate.</p>, <p>“The report of the Judicial Panel set up by Mr. Sanwo-Olu, established there was a massacre at Lekki Toll Gate, and pages 297 and 298 of the report named nine people that were killed, with four more missing, but presumed dead.</p>, <p>“Therefore, to state that no one died at Lekki Toll Gate or that only two persons were confirmed dead is a wicked and brazen lie.</p>, <p>“In addition, the panel found tha