EndSARS: 3 out of 99 bodies examined for autopsy were from lekki says, a Pathologist.

At the Lagos EndSARS Judicial Panel, a consultant pathologist to the Lagos state government, John Obafunwa says out of the total 99 bodies received for autopsy examinations after the #EndSARS protests, only three were brought in from Lekki.

It is no news that in October 2020, Nigerian youths stage a massive protest across the country against police brutality among other issues in Nigeria tagged #EndSARS

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On the 20th of October 2020, soldiers invaded one of the major spots of the protest ground which is Lekki tollgate, where many demonstrators of the protest were present singing the Nigerian National anthem with the Nigerian flag and were reportedly shotted by the soldiers.

There has been a controversy around the casualty figures since the incident occurred.

Speaking at the hearing of the judicial panel established to investigate the invasion by soldiers against protesters, Obafunwa said 99 bodies were received for autopsy between October 20 and 24.

He said out of the 99 bodies received, three were brought in from Lekki.

Obafunwa said the remaining bodies were received from other parts of the state including Surulere, Ikorodu, Ajah, Fagba, among others.

“They instructed us to conduct autopsies on bodies that came in between the 20th to 21st and up to about the 24th and we did the autopsies on the bodies, not just Lekki but cases from Ajah, Surulere, Ikorodu, Fagba, Ikoyi prisons and all those things amounting to a total of 99. But I am only here with the

three for Lekki,” he said.

When asked of the precise date and time the bodies were received, Obafunwa said he would have to confirm from his records.

“I wouldn’t know how many bodies came on the 21st. I would have to go and check them. But I can tell you that it was between the 20th and 24th that we had to do all the cases,” he said.

Afterwards, Obafunwa explained the findings of the autopsy for each body.

According to him, the first person was brought in from Lekki bridge, and was discovered to have suffered a laceration on a side of his skull, but died as a result of bleeding on his “chest cavity and “blunt force trauma to the chest”.

Obafunwa explained that the second male was declared dead in the early hours of October 21, after suffering an open skull fracture, but the pathologist added that there was no sign of gunshot injury.

He said the second body showed signs of having suffered hypertension, as well as rib fracture, but noted that the cause of death was “skull and brain injury which was due to blunt force trauma”.

For the third body, the pathologist said examination revealed that the person died of severe blood loss as a result of complications suffered, following a gunshot injury.

After giving his testimony, Obafunwa was asked to appear again before the panel on June 19 with reports on the 96 remaining bodies.

Source: (Today.ng).