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#EndSARS: Many unaware of relatives’ death, over 70 bodies unclaimed in Lagos- SAN
By Modupe Shodeinde
Human right activist, who is also the interim Chairman, Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), says many people are not aware of the death of their loved ones during the #EndSARS protests in Lagos.
In an interview with The Punch on Sunday, Falana said over 70 corpses of persons killed in Lagos during the #EndSARS protests have yet to be claimed.
He stated that about 98 dead bodies were dumped in various mortuaries and so far, only 20 families had come forward to claim the bodies of their relatives.
Falana said some people didn’t know their loved ones were dead while “some have accepted their fate as an act of God.”
He said, “About 98 dead bodies were dumped in various mortuaries out of which three were dumped there on October 20. However, less than 20 relatives have shown up at the mortuaries to identify their loved ones and take them for burial.
“Investigations by ASCAB show that people are quietly mourning their dead and some are afraid. Others haven’t confirmed that they lost anybody. So far, less than 20 relatives have come to identify their loved ones. This is over a month after the announcement
The Chief Coroner of Lagos State, Mojisola Dada, had in a public announcement on November 19, 2020, called on relatives of people who lost their lives between October 19 and 27 to visit the Lagos State Teaching Hospital to identify and claim bodies of their loved ones.
