Reports claiming soldiers had moved dead bodies from the shooting incident in Lekki has been described as ‘Fake News’ by the Nigerian Army.
Recall that Sahara Reporters, an online news medium published an exclusive report claiming that at least 20 bodies of endsars protesters were moved to the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) mortuary in Yaba.
The report reads in part:
”At least 20 bodies of EndSARS protesters massacred at Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos by operatives of the Nigerian Army on October 20, 2020, were on Friday secretly moved to the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) mortuary in Yaba.
![[FILE] A proterster raise the Nigerian national flag along with an EndSars flag during a protest to commemorate one anniversary of EndSars, a protest movement against police brutality at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos, on October 20, 2021. – Hundreds of youth match to commemorate one year anniversary of Endars protest that rocked the major cities across the country on October 20, 2020. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)](https://www.afriupdate.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/000_9Q26WJ-scaled-e1643856450254.jpg "FG gets #EndSARS report two years after, promises implementation 3")
According to SaharaReporters, the Lekki massacre victims were moved to the IDH mortuary after a postmortem examinations was conducted on their bodies at the Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja.”
Reacting via its Twitter handle, the Nigerian Army described the report as fake.
Fake News!!! pic.twitter.com/GCIa3BVsg7
— Nigerian Army (@HQNigerianArmy) October 30, 2020
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