A statement released by the Force on Tuesday, April 2 has identified the officers as Inspector Ogunyemi Olalekan and Sergeant Godwin Orji.
The statement noted that both men have been subjected to internal disciplinary procedures.
A previous statement on Monday, April 1 noted that they may be prosecuted in conventional court if implicated by investigation.
How Johnson was killed
Johnson's friend, Dennis Ikpoba, told Premium Times that people had gathered around the officers while they attempted to arrest one Ismail Folorunsho who appeared to have been unfairly targeted by the law enforcement officers who arrived the scene in an unpainted Danfo bus.
According to another witness who spoke to the
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Johnson was one of the people who gathered
to assure the officers of Folorunsho's innocence when they shot to
disperse the crowd.
"In an attempt to disperse the crowd, a
first shot was fired to the ground. Seeing this, I and the others
quickly turned back to avoid trouble, but because Kunle was probably the
last person in the crowd, he was shot point blank from behind.
"He didn't even know he was shot
till we had trekked some few metres before we all saw he was bleeding,
he died on his way to the hospital at Ikeja," the witness said.
He was later pronounced dead at the hospital
shortly afterwards as the officers fled the scene for fear of being
lynched by a mob which soon gathered and blocked the roads around the
area.
SACS has grown notorious for indiscriminate
raids and arrests in Nigeria's economic capital as officers target
mostly young people they suspect of wrongdoing without any concrete
evidence, including their manner of dressing and hairstyle.
Campaign to reform Police regains momentum
Johnson's unfortunate killing on Sunday has led to a resurgence of the outrage against the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) who,
although not responsible for the recent killing, has become the face of
police brutality and impunity in the country due to past conducts.
Many Nigerians have taken to social media to
air their displeasure with Johnson's killing and called for the
scrapping of FSARS, as well as the implementation of meaningful police
reform to curb brutality unleashed on helpless citizens.
One of the biggest campaigners for police reform in the country, Segun Awosanya, took to his Twitter account (segalink) on Sunday to call on legislators to urgently pass the police reform bill for assent to prevent the death of more Nigerians.
"We will implore the @SPNigeria @NGRSenate
to prioritize the passing of the #NewPoliceActBill for the assent of
the President. We can't continue to watch our young die while we pursue
the cure to symptoms. We need this urgently. #ReformPoliceNG," he posted.
In his reaction to the tragedy, Senate
President Bukola Saraki revealed on Monday that a report on the Police
Reform Bill will be laid before the upper legislative chamber on
Tuesday, April 9
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