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The Guardian - UK
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Pelumi Salako in Lagos

‘Give us his body to bury’: a mother’s six-year fight for justice for son killed in Nigeria’s anti-police protests

A woman (show face cannot be seen) holds a photograph of a black boy on her lap.
Bosede Onifade holds a portrait of her son, Pelumi, who was killed during an #EndSars protest in Lagos State, Nigeria, in October 2020. Photograph: Pelumi Salako

Sitting in her family’s two-bedroom apartment on a sweltering Sunday afternoon, Bosede Onifade says she is tired of waiting for news about her son. Pelumi Onifade has been missing for six years. The last time his mother saw him was on the morning of 24 October 2020.

An intern with a Nigerian news channel, the 20-year-old was excited to be going on assignment to cover the #EndSars protests, an anti-police brutality movement that had rocked the country that year, while unleashing a further onslaught of state violence against Nigerian citizens.

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