The autopsy conducted on the Jumoke Oyeleke, a salesgirl who got hit by a stray bullet during the Yoruba Nation really in Lagos on July 3rd, revealed that she was shot against Lagos State Police claim.
The Lagos State Police had claimed in a report released by the State Police Public Relations Officer Muyiwa, Jumoke was stabbed and abandoned.
According to Punch, the autopsy report signed by Dr S.S Soyomi of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, says otherwise.
The autopsy report attributed her death to “haemopericardium, disruption of the heart and lungs and missile injury to the chest.”
Recall on July 23, 2021, Yoruba Nation Agitators stage a rally at the popular Gani Fawehinmi Park at Ojota despite the heavy presence of armed policemen and soldiers.
According to reports, Innocent Jumoke, who displayed soft drinks at her boss’ shop in a compound close to the rally ground was killed when security men chased agitators into the premises.
According to eyewitnesses and family reports, Jumoke was hit when the security men open fire on the protesters.
Taiwo Olawale, a lawyer from Femi Falana Chambers, reacting to the autopsy has urged the police to identify the officer that shot the victim. He also urged the State Government to compensate the family.
Olawale said, “The autopsy result implied that she was shot; the third cause of her death was a missile, which means bullet. If you look at the protest that day, nobody shot except the security agencies, so the police should find out whoever shot that lady; whoever did that must face the punishment. The person must be brought out and recommended for prosecution.
“During the autopsy, the bullet was not found in her body and the police had been the one in possession of her corpse since the day of the incident. So, we want them to also produce the bullet so we can ascertain whose bullet it is. They should tell us where the bullet is.
“We also want the government to compensate the family; the deceased was the first child of the family and the breadwinner, and it was the work she was using to feed her mum and three siblings she left behind, so we want the government to compensate the family.”
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