‘Let us bury him,’ mother of slain #EndSARS journalist pleads six years later
By Ayobami Okerinde Six years after the death of her son during the 2020 #EndSARS protests, Bosede Onifade has appealed to authorities to release his body for burial after a coroner’s inquest confirmed his identity through DNA evidence.
Delivering judgment in a suit by Media Rights Agenda, MRA, over the death of the journalist against the police and the Lagos State Government, Justice Ayokunle Faji agreed that the government’s chief law officer “cannot just conduct an inquest without a duplicate of the case file”, noting that Section 74 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law, ACJL, of Lagos State gives the Attorney-General the power to request a case file from the Commissioner of Police.
In August 2024, a Federal High Court in Lagos ordered the Lagos State Government to conduct a coroner’s inquest to ascertain the cause of Onifade’s death as well as identify and prosecute those responsible.
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