Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Zubairu Muazu, Tuesday, visited the the grieving family of Kolade Johnson, a man shot and killed by a police anti-cultism team in Magoro area of Lagos on Sunday.
CP Muazu, accompanied by the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the Department of Finance and Administration, Ayuba Elkanah, Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the Department of Operations, Mohammed Ali, the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Criminal Investigation Department, Yetunde Longe and other Senior Police Officers from the Command.
The visit coincided with the official release of the photos and identities of the trigger-happy officers that cut Mr. Johnson’s life short.
Displaying their pictures on Twitter, the police said:
The police said on Twitter, “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.”
The Commissioner of Police was received, during the condolence visit, by the Head of the deceased’s family, Alhaji Remi Lukman, in their residence at No. 1 Beco Street, Onipetesi, Mangoro Bus stop.
In his remarks, the Commissioner of Police condemned the action of the members of the Anti-Cultism team suspected to have carried out the shooting and reiterated his commitment to ensuring that justice is done in the matter. He stated that the men suspected to have carried out the shooting have been apprehended and subjected to internal disciplinary procedures. He revealed their names as Inspector Ogunyemi Olalekan and Sergeant Godwin Orji attached to Anti-Cultism Squad
Muazu prayed for the repose of the soul of Kolade Johnson and also prayed that the Almighty God will grant the family, friends and well wishers the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.
In his reaction, the Head of Kolade Johnson’s family expressed his gratitude to the Police Commissioner for honoring the family with his presence and his resolve in ensuring that justice prevails in the case. He commended the CP for the bold steps taken in exposing those behind the shooting.
“I thought it is going to be a one man’s fight,” said the Johnson Family Head, “but seeing the Police High Command joining our family in this fight has shown that Justice will not only be done to Kolade but to the entire Nigerian youths. I am glad that we have a new police force which believes in Justice.”
He described his late son as a peace loving person and called on well wishers to remain calm and allow the law to take its cause.
