The father of Kolade Johnson who was shot dead by SARS officers on Sunday, Alhaji Remi Lukman has revealed what truly led to his son’s death.
He lamented that stray bullet was not the cause of his death, as newsmen have reported.
Alhaji Lukman insisted that the officers shot at him deliberately because there was no logical explanation as to why stray bullets could hit him twice.
While being questioned by The Nation, he maintained that the family had already secured video evidence which clearly showed that Kolade and others around him had guns pointed directly at them at the football viewing center where the incident occurred.
He explained, “We have been hearing that it was a stray bullet but I must tell you that a stray but cannot penetrate twice. If he had not directed the gun at them, two bullets will not touch him. He was the hope of the family and a gentle boy and as I am talking to you, I have gone beyond this level and I’m just trying to set everything in motion to prove it was not stray bullets at all.
“He was just there at that spot catching fun with his friends and watching a football match, which of course anybody could have done. It was a response to a lady screaming kidnappers that made them all leave the Kingston Jo eatery to come out to know why the lady was shouting kidnappers.”
Lukman subsequently began to reminisce on how important the young man had been in the family, adding that he was very smart and has a meek personality.
“You really needed to have known him. He was a very gentle boy. Some of the video clips will carry in summary the kind of person that he was. While the gunshots were fired towards the group the video clip shows that he was walking behind them all. He wasn’t intrusive at all. It was just unfortunate that he happened to be a victim in the group.
“All we are asking for is justice and what these people have done to us should be done to them. He was gentle, intelligent, full of future, the family had a bright hope concerning him and it is very unfortunate that someone like him died at a very tender age. He’s a very gentle boy, listened to home training and we trained him well.”
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