Lagos Police CP visits family of slain victim, Kolade Johnson

Police Team led by Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Zubairu Muazu, have paid condolence visit to the family of Kolade Johnson, a young man who was shot at Onipetesi, Mangoro Bus Stop by a team of Policemen from Anti Cultism unit.

The CP during the condolence visit on Tuesday reassured the Johnson’s family that justice must prevail as the Command has arrested the suspected team that carried out the shooting, adding that they are currently in Police custody undergoing interrogation.

The CP added that the suspected officers would be subjected to internal disciplinary procedures, and may be prosecuted in conventional Court if implicated by ongoing investigation.

Recall that Kolade — believed to be the only son of a widow — was killed after leaving a football viewing center where he watched English Premier League match between Liverpool and Tottenham on Sunday, after the men of the anti-cultism unit of the state police command raided the area.

Following the incident that happened on Sunday 31, March , around 5.05pm, the Command immediately drafted a team of policemen from the Rapid Response Squads and Metro patrol to the scene to arrest the sispects, after it received a distress call that Lagos- Abeokuta Express Way has been blocked by some angry youths who were protesting the shooting of one Kolade Johnson m of No.1 Beco street, Onipetesi, Mangoro Bus Stop by a team of Policemen from Anti Cultism units.

CP Zubairu Muazu however called for calm, assuring that justice will prevail in this case. He also condoles with the family, friends and well wishers of Kolade Johnson, promising to initiate far reaching reforms to help in repositioning the Anti Cultism Squad for effective service delivery, particularly in areas of respect for Human Rights and proficiency in the use of firearms.

The arrested officers according to the CP , are Insp Ogunyemi Olalekan and Sgt Godwin Orji attached to Anti Cultism Squad.

Comments

Rosatom's TVEL, AllWeld Nuclear, industrial agree to cooperate nuclear backend area

Allen Atwiine, Uganda The TVEL JSC, Managing Company of Rosatom's Fuel Division, and AllWeld Nuclear and Industrial, a South African firm, have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation which is focused on decommissioning and radioactive waste (RW) management at nuclear facilities in South Africa. The memorandum was signed by the party during the African Energy Week (AEW) 2024 in Cape Town on Tuesday. The Editorials gathered that the Memoradium outlined a framework for cooperation and the implementation of joint initiatives. Our correspondent gathered that the document was signed by Eduard Nikitin, Director for Decommissioning and RW Management at TVEL JSC, and Mervyn Fischer, CEO of AllWeld Nuclear and Industrial. Nikitin explained that the memorandum outlined plans for collaborative efforts in scientific, technical, and commercial activities related to the decommissioning of nuclear power plants and other facilities that pose nuclear and radiation hazards. He said, "The key...

Wikimedia Nigeria Foundation honours Folorunsho Coker, Kayode Akintemi

Oredola Adeola Wikimedia Nigeria Foundation has honoured Mr. Folorunsho Coker, Director-General of National Tourism Development Commission (NTDC) and Kayode Akintemi, Managing Director, Plus TV Africa, with Distinguished Personality Award for their contributions to the growth and development of open knowledge in Nigeria. The award ceremony was held at the Plus TV Africa studio in Victoria Island, Lagos at the weekend. Mr. Olaniyan Olushola, President, Wikimedia Nigeria Foundation Inc., while congratulating the award recipients, encouraged them to continue to promote open knowledge in Nigeria. The NTDC boss, according to Wikimedia, is a dominant force in the promotion of diversity in the Nigeria tourism sector and open knowledge in the country, adding that the NTDC under Coker has been supporting Wikimedia outreach programs (Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki loves Earths). Olushola said, “Through the support of NTDC, professional photographers working with Wikimedia have received limitl...

President Buhari urges Nigerians to make right choices by reelecting him

Oredola Adeola | President Muhammadu Buhari in televised broadcast on Thursday prior to the Saturday February 16, 2019 Presidential election has urged Nigerians to allow his administration continue with the infrastructural and economic growth that the country has enjoyed under his government. According to him the choice that now confronts Nigerians is whether they want to continue with real infrastructure development, which is the road to prosperity and jobs or return to the era of ‘stomach infrastructure’. The statement reads in part: On Saturday, February 16, 2019, you will, once again, be called upon to choose the leaders who will pilot the affairs of our great nation for the next four years. This is a constitutional right which should be freely exercised by all eligible voters. 2. I wish therefore to start by assuring all Nigerians that this Government will do its very best to ensure that the 2019 elections take place in a secure and peaceful atmosphere. ...

The Editorials

Search This Blog