Bankole Wellington, Nigerian
music star better known as Banky W, has written an open letter to President
Muhammadu Buhari on the death of Kayode Johnson.
Men of the anti-cultism unit of
the Lagos state police command had shot Johnson dead in the Mangoro/Onipetesi
area of Lagos on Sunday evening.
He was killed after leaving a
football viewing center where he watched English Premier League match between
Liverpool and Tottenham.
In an open letter on Monday,
Banky W said the deceased was the only son of his mother, who is a widow.
The musician called on the
government to act and make sure that those behind the incident do not go
unpunished.
Below is the letter:
Dear Sirs, Kolade Johnson, an
innocent young citizen of Nigeria is dead. He was the only son of a widow, a
husband and father,” he wrote.
His only crime was being in the
right place at the wrong time… watching a football match when SARS operatives
who allegedly came to arrest someone, started shooting sporadically.
Kolade is not the first innocent
victim of reckless behaviour by SARS operatives, and he will almost certainly
not be the last. It is sickening, frustrating, and unfair. We are tired of
hearing about victims of police brutality, but never hearing about the
criminal, reckless police officers being brought to justice. We are tired of
screaming and tweeting #ENDSARS while our innocent young people are being
extorted, bullied, maimed and killed by the very same officers who are meant to
protect them. And we are tired of our leaders remaining silent, incident after
incident.
We’re going to track down
Kolade’s family, pray with them and raise money to assist them through this
terrible tragedy. We hope that our leaders will use this opportunity to
ACTUALLY show that they care about our lives and wellbeing, by tracking down
the reckless officers responsible for this murder and bringing them to justice
for their vicious crime.
We will not let this go. Kolade
was innocent and did not deserve to die. Kolade could have been anyone of us.
Please show us that you care about us. Please.
The killing had sparked outrage
in the area as angry youth lit bonfires on both lanes of the Lagos-Abeokuta
expressway, leaving many road users stranded for hours.
Social media users are still
tweeting about the incident, calling on the authorities to act.
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