NEMESIS catch quickly as the killers of luth doctor are put to prison

More development has emerged on the case of the murder of Kolade Johnson which has been ongoing. Recall that after the news of the murder of the innocent man spread, the police authority swung into action to ensure that the perpetrator is brought to book. Eventually, the killer, Olalekan Ogunyemi, was identified and has been arraigned in court and the processes have begun. Cosequently, an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, yesterday remanded till May 6, a dismissed Police Inspector, Olalekan Ogunyemi, charged with murdering a football fan, Kolade Johnson, The Nation reports. Magistrate A.O. Salawu remanded Ogunyemi at Ikoyi Prisons, pending advice from the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The court’s order was sequel to an application by the police. Ogunyemi, 45, of No. 17, Alhaji Ede Street, Igando, was docked on a one-count charge of murder. Prosecuting Inspector Kehinde Olatunde told the court that the defendant committed the offence on March 31, at about 5:10pm, at Onipetesi Estate, Idi-Mangoro, Lagos. He alleged that Ogunyemi, who served in the Anti-Cultism Unit of Lagos State Police Command, shot Johnson, a 36-year-old father of one, to death, with his Ak47 rifle. The offences, the prosecutor said, contravened Section 223 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. Olatunde informed the court that he had a remand application order by the police to remand the defendant for the next 30 days. The plea of the defendant was not taken by the court because magistrates’ courts don’t have jurisdiction to try a charge of murder. But the defendant’s counsel, Sola Adeyemi, opposed the 30-day remand request. Adeyemi prayed the court to instead remand the defendant for the next 14 days. In a bench ruling, Magistrate Salawu upheld the prosecutor’s application and adjourned till May 6. More developments on the issue is awaited especially as the next adjourned date is not too far from now. It is expected that justice will be served in the case. In another development, the Police in Lagos state has also swung into action to ensure that the killers of Dr Stephen Urueye are fished out and dealt with according to the law. The Police said that they have arrested two suspected killers of a University of Lagos (UNILAG) graduate, Dr Stephen Urueye, who was a resident doctor at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi Araba. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), for the Police Command in the state, DSP Bala Elkana, who made the disclosure on Friday in Lagos, said the suspects allegedly stabbed the deceased on his right thigh and at the back with a knife while trying to dispossess him of his valuables. He said: “On April 4, 2019 at about 9.45p.m, Itire Police Station received a distress call that some hoodlums, armed with knives, attacked one Dr Stephen Urueye, a resident doctor with LUTH and dispossessed him of his valuables such as handsets. “The incident happened around the  Canal Area of Ishaga Road, Idi Araba while the victim was going somewhere with his female friend, Simbiat Opeyemi, a 200 level student of the Department of Health Education, Lagos State University,(LASU). “The victim was rushed to LUTH, Idi Araba where he eventually died in the early hours of April 5. Two suspects were arrested in connection with the case the  Commissioner of Police in the state,  Zubairu Muazu, directed a Deputy Commissioner of Police to take over the investigation,” the PPRO said. Nigerians and the families of these victims are waiting to see that justice prevailed at the end of the day. What are your thoughts on this story?