Bullet Holes On Prof Festus Iyayi’s Corpse: Murder Or Accident? Wole Soyinka Requests Autopsy

Bullet Holes On Prof Festus Iyayi’s Corpse: Murder Or Accident? Wole Soyinka Requests Autopsy

Bullet Holes On Prof Festus Iyayi’s Corpse: Murder Or Accident? Wole Soyinka Requests Autopsy

The mortuary photo of late Festus Iyayi, the former ASUU President has surfaced as an evidence against the Police who allegedly shot him on the chest few weeks ago on his way to an “end asuu strike” meeting.

Moments after his death, police said he was killed in a tragic accident but contrary to police reports, medical sources said he was shot to death.

The chairman of UNIBEN chapter of ASUU, Dr Anthony Monye Emina said after the vehicle rolled over severally, Prof Iyayi was seen in an upright position with blood gushing out of his chest. 

Enraged by the mortuary photos of deceased, Professor Wole Soyinka has requested for an autopsybefore his burial.

Hear what Wole Soyinka said this afternoon in Lagos:

“The world is watching. With the mortuary photos of the late Festus Iyayi just published in TheNEWS, the world is waiting and watching if the corpse shown in that image will be interred without a coroner’s inquest. To allow this to happen is to make all of us accessories to a possible crime. It means we are now attuned to the culture of impunity and forfeited all claims to elementary ctiizen security. Tributes ring hollow if doubts are silenced. “Beyond all doubt” is a protective armour  for each one of us, no matter where and how. So let the nation be placed in knowledge Beyond All Doubt over the circumstances of Festus Iyayi’s death. That is the minimum any self-respecting society must demand, not merely as a collective shield, but in the service of Truth, and for all posterity. We remain haunted by the far too frequent, unexplained decimation in the ranks of the committed. A Coroner’s Inquest – that is where to begin.”