A leaked memo addressed to the Lagos State Ministry of Health indicating that the State Government approved N61,285,000 for the mass burial of 103 people identified as 2020 EndSARS victims has gone viral on social media, sparking outrage.
The #EndSARS massacre families have been accused by the Lagos State government of abandoning the bodies of their loved ones for the state for nearly three years.
In the aftermath of the #EndSARS violence, the office of the chief coroner invited members of the public throughout public adverts and announcements who had lost loved ones or whose relatives had been declared missing between 19th and 27th October 2020 from various clashes as mentioned above, to contact the department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) to help with identification of these casualties deposited in State-owned morgues. Relatives were to undergo DNA tests for identification purposes,” Mr Sanwo-Olu said.
The methods for processing funding after the governor’s consent are detailed in the memo, dated July 19, 2023.
The leaked memo, which has five paragraphs, also specifies that the approved company must submit any applicable taxes and deductions.
The Lagos State Ministry of Health responded by confirming the letter in a statement on Sunday night, but asserting that certain facts were being misinterpreted.
The state government claimed that the victims were victims of violence in the aftermath of the EndSARS protests.
A Justice Doris Okuwobi-led inquest was established by the governor following disagreement over the number of deaths reported during the EndSARS demonstration.
The Lagos and Federal governments have both vehemently denied that there were any mass killings during the EndSARS protests since the demonstration in 2020.
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