A leaked memo revives the spectre of #EndSARS

Insisting there were no deaths at the Lekki toll gate on October 20 is a pointer to this government's diabolic characteristic.

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has repeatedly denied protesters were killed at Lekki toll gate on October 20, 2020, despite overwhelming evidence.

On July 19, the Director-General of the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency, Onafowote Fatai Idowu, wrote to the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Ministry of Health. In his letter, Mr Idowu signed off on the award of a N61.2 million contract to conduct a mass burial for 103 victims of the 2020 #EndSARS protest. Days later, the letter was leaked on social media, sparking fresh outrage.

The outrage, especially on Twitter, appeared to focus on the idea that the government was secretly planning to bury victims of the October 20 Lekki tollgate shootings; the government has and continues to vehemently deny that protesters were shot at the tollgate. So, where did it find the 103 EndSARS dead bodies?

In a response late Sunday, the state government described the ‘Lekki tollgate’ interpretation of the leaked memo as the work of “misch…