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End SARS: How task force allegedly killed 20-year-old journalist, Pelumi Onifade in Lagos
The Lagos State Task Force led by Yinka Egbeyemi has allegedly killed a 20-year-old Lagos-based journalist, identified as Pelumi Onifade.
Pelumi, who was reportedly working with Gboa TV, was arrested by policemen at Abattoir, Oko Oba area of Agege, on October 24, 2020 while on official duty and taken away to an undisclosed location.
A source, Folarin Opeyemi Joseph revealed that “Pelumi went to record the incident of looting at the abattoir as a staff of Gboa TV on 24/10/2020 only to be arrested by men of the Lagos Task Force and after searching for him aggressively for 7 days, we were told that he had been shot dead & his body deposited at the morgue.
A family source further disclosed that, “We are begging them now to release his corpse and explain to us how he died. Why was he arrested at Agege, only for us to be told that his corpse is at Ikorodu General Hospital morgue. They just wasted the boy for no reason.” the source said.
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