The policemen involved in the
death of Kolade Johnson, a Lagos resident, have been arrested.
Bala Elkana, spokesman of the
Lagos police command, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.
Johnson, a resident of Onipetesi
in the Mangoro area of Lagos, was killed by a stray bullet fired when men of
the anti-cultism unit of the state police command raided the area on Sunday.
A Twitter user, who posted a
video about the incident, said the man — believed to be the only son of a widow
— had gone to watch football when he was hit by a stray bullet.
“They came to arrest a guy that
had dreadlocks and then shot sporadically after arresting the guy with dreads,”
he tweeted.
The Lagos police command said the
officers involved were identified through the account of witnesses.
“Members of the team suspected to
be involved in the shooting have since been arrested and are currently in
Police custody undergoing interrogation,” the statement read.
“They will be subjected to
internal disciplinary procedures, and may be prosecuted in conventional Court
if implicated by ongoing investigation.”
The incident had generated public
outcry.
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