Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Human Rights Activist, Mr. Femi Falana has stated that there are over 70 corpses killed during the #EndSARS protest that are yet to be claimed.

The interim Chairman, Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond (ASCAB) disclosed this during an interview on Sunday.

The learned silk stated that on few families have shown up to identify their loved ones while others have left the situation in the hands of God.

“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 ASCARB 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.

“Some didn’t know their loved ones were there. Some have accepted their fate as an act of God”, he said.

TheNigeriaLawyer recalls that on 19th November, 2020, the Chief Coroner of Lagos State, Mojisola Dada, had called on the 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.

However, Falana, SAN said it is not surprising that relatives did not show up to claim their loved ones adding that a similar event happened when the military killed members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria in Zaria, Kaduna State in 2015 and only 15 families came out to claim their loved ones out of 347 persons who were allegedly buried in mass graves.

Besides, he also said 938 persons were allegedly killed in the riots that ensued after the announcement of the 2011 presidential election result and few relatives showed up.

“The Ahmed Lemu presidential panel determined that 943 persons were killed in 11 states in the post-election violence, but very few relatives showed up. So, these sorts of things are not new,” he said.

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