Amnesty International has condemned Lagos State Government attempt to conduct a mass burial of 103 EndSARS victims.
The human right organisation has demanded a comprehensive investigation and transparency be conducted before the burial.
The identities of the victims are still being kept in secret and happen to be from a different location within the state and not connected to the controversial Lekki Tollgate shooting.
The director of information, Amnesty International, Isa Sanusi, has expressed deep worries over the lack of openness over how the 103 victims were killed and their bodies been kept in the government’s custody since October 2020.
He strongly urged for an independent investigation into the killings and insisted that autopsies be conducted on the victims’ corpses.
Sanusi called for justice for the victims and those suspected to be responsible for the deaths be held accountable. He stressed that justice must prevail to bring closure to the affected families and the nation at large.
“The Nigerian authorities must urgently halt their plans to carry out a secret mass burial of #EndSARS victims and instead carry out a thorough and independent investigation into the killings and ensure that those suspected to be responsible are brought to justice in fair trials,” Sanusi asserted.
The EndSARS movement, which swept across Nigeria in 2020, brought attention to police brutality and demanded justice for the victims. While the protests resulted in significant changes and conversations regarding police reform, the issue of accountability for the victims’ deaths remains unresolved.
