The Lagos state government has ordered for an investigation to be launched into the death of the 24-year-old girl who was allegedly shot to death by the police during the ill-famed Yoruba nation rally.
The information was made privy to the general public by Moyosore Onigbanjo, the attorney general of the state through a press statement he released.
And according to him, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor, has requested a coroner’s inquest, under sections 14 and 15 of the Coroners’ Systems Law, Laws of Lagos state 2015, to determine the cause and circumstances of death.
Our attention has been drawn to the death of a 14-year-old girl in Ojota during the Oodua Republic Mega Rally on Saturday, 3rd of July, 2021,
We commiserate with the family of the deceased. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor, has ordered a thorough investigation of the death. A Coroner’s Inquest has immediately been requested in line with sections 14 and 15 of the Coroners’ Systems Law, Laws of Lagos State 2015, to determine the cause and circumstances of death.
The State assures the public that everything will be done to ensure that the cause of death is known. The findings of this investigation will be made public in due course, and appropriate sanctions meted out to anyone found culpable.
By Section 14(1) (d) of the Coroners’ System Law of the State: “A report of death shall be made to any of the agencies for the report of death or the office of the Coroner and be subject to post-mortem examination where there is reasonable cause to believe that the cause of death was: violent, unnatural or suspicious.
Section 15(1) and (9) further enjoins the Coroner to hold an inquest whenever he or she is informed that the death of the deceased person was in a violent, unnatural or suspicious situation or believes an inquest is desirable following the report of a reportable death.
Meanwhile, some attendees of the rally have asserted that the 14-year-old girl who sold yoghurt drinks, was killed by an errant bullet from the police gunshots.
Source: Gossips24.com
