Ezekwesili in a tweet also asserted that Nigerian leaders have reduced the dignity of human life to zero
Kehinde Okeowo
Human rights activist and former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili has asked the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu to state what he knows about a document circulating on social media concerning the EndSARS protest.
The document which surfaced online recently alleged that the Lagos State governor approved the mass burial of 103 protesters who were massacred during the mass protest against police brutality tagged #EndSARS, which took place in October 2020.
The document, which has since gone viral, is making the rounds almost three years after the government had denied there was a killing of unarmed protesters by the Nigerian military at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos.
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Taking to his social media page on Sunday, Ezekwesili via a series of tweets demanded to know if Gov Sanwo-Olu knew the State had a record of 103 dead bodies from the EndSARS shootings.
She went on to assert that Nigerian leaders have reduced the dignity of human life to zero.
Speaking via her official Twitter handle, Ezekwesili wrote: “Mr Governor of @followlasg, @jidesanwoolu, here is a document that has gone viral on social media, stating that your government procured services for mass burial of 103 corpses killed during the #EndSARS protest?
“Is this so?
“Mr Governor actually knew the State had a record of 103 dead bodies from the #EndSARS shootings?
“We need your urgent response.”
“I often shudder at the sheer number of inquisitions that Citizens would in the good future expect sensible governments at Federal and State levels to launch all over this country.
“The wickedest thing Nigeria’s variant of public leaders have done to citizens is to reduce the dignity of human life to ZERO. They shall someday surely account… if not on earth… in heaven before the Creator of Life”.
