A Civil Society Organisation, Media Rights Agenda (MRA), has called on the Lagos State Government to comply with the order of a Lagos Federal High Court directing it to ensure an investigation into the death of Mr. Pelumi Onifade, a 20-year old reporter with Gboah TV.
Onifade was reportedly arrested by the Police while covering the #EndSARS protests in 2020 and later found dead.
In a statement issued by the Communications Officer of MRA, Idowu Adewale on Monday, the group urged government to identify and prosecute those responsible for Onifade’s death so that justice would be seen to be done and hope given to the common man that there is still justice in the judicial system.
The statement revealed that Justice Ayokunle Olayinka Faji of the Federal High Court had directed the Lagos State Government to conduct a coroner’s inquest to ascertain the cause of the young reporter’s death.
In a letter written by the organization’s lawyer, Mr. Kingsley Kenechukwu, of the law firm of Charles Musa and Co., dated August 22, 2024 and addressed to the Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, MRA urged the state government to comply with the directives of the court.
Parts of the statement read, “The lawyer referred to paragraph 14 of a counter-affidavit dated March 20, 2023 filed in the suit by the Attorney-General in which he stated that he would prosecute anyone found to have a prima facie case established against him in relation to the death of Mr. Onifade.
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