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JUST IN: Police Bow To Pressure, Release Pictures Of Officers Who Killed Kolade Johnson

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JUST IN: Police Bow To Pressure, Release Pictures Of Officers Who Killed Kolade Johnson

The Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday bowed to pressure from the public by publishing the names and photographs of the alleged killers of Kolade Johnson who was gunned down in Mangoro area of Lagos on Sunday.

TheLagostimes had earlier reported that the victim, who was 36 years before his untimely death, was watching the Premier League clash between Liverpool and Tottenham when the tragic incident happened.

The incident reportedly occurred outside a Kingstine-Jo outlet in Mangoro, near the international airport in Ikeja, as police opened fired while trying to arrest a suspect.

According to report, the police wanted to apprehend a man they thought was a criminal suspect because of his dreadlocks.

The police identified the suspects as Inspector Olalekan Ogunyemi and Sergeant Godwin Orji both attached to the Anti-Cultism Squad.

The police, in a tweet, said “The men suspected to have carried out the shooting of Kolade Johnson have been apprehended and subjected to internal disciplinary procedures. The CP has revealed their names as (1) Insp Ogunyemi Olalekan and (2) Sgt Godwin Orji attached to Anti Cultism Squad.”

Meanwhile, a police team led by the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Zubairu Muazu paid a condolence visit to the family of Johnson and assured his family that justice would prevail.

Ayomide Ayano

A writer, communicator, Graduate of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism and a Christian.

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