By Ayobami Okerinde
Six years after the death of her son during the 2020 #EndSARS protests, Bosede Onifade has appealed to authorities to release his body for burial after a coroner’s inquest confirmed his identity through DNA evidence.
Pelumi Onifade, then a 20-year-old mass communication student and intern with Gboah TV, disappeared on October 24, 2020, while covering the #EndSARS protest in Abule Egba, Lagos.
Eyewitnesses’ accounts said the young journalist was struck by a bullet before operatives of the Lagos State Police Taskforce allegedly bundled him into a vehicle alongside arrested protesters.
In August 2024, a Federal High Court in Lagos ordered the Lagos State Government to conduct a coroner’s inquest to ascertain the cause of Onifade’s death as well as identify and prosecute those responsible.
