Lagos #EndSARS panel pays ₦10m to Kolade Johnson’s family

On Friday, the Lagos judicial panel has awarded the sum of ₦10 million to the family of late Kolade Johnson.

Johnson was shot during a raid by police officers at Onipetesi area in Lagos, while watching an English premiership match between Tottenham and Manchester United on March 31, 2019.

The incident sparked outrage on social media, after which the police authorities identified Ogunyemi Olalekan, a police inspector, and Godwin Orji, a sergeant, as the officers involved in the shooting.

Following an orderly trial, Olalekan was dismissed from the force after he was found guilty, while Orji was acquitted.

Doris Okuwobi, chairman of the Lagos panel, announced the compensation at the sitting on Friday.

The award sum was received by the mother of the deceased.

Thirteen petitioners — including Johnson’s family — were compensated with a total of N83 million at the sitting on Friday.

Shortly after the ENDSARS judicial panel was constituted by the Lagos state government, the family of the deceased wrote a petition demanding justice.

At the resumed hearing of the panel yesteroday, the chairman of the panel, Justice Doris Okuwobi, announced the award of N10 million compensation to the family.