Kolade Johnson: Twitter Goes ‘Crazy’ With Backlash Against The Brutality Of The Nigeria Police
The death of Kolade Johnson, a young man of 36 years, who was killed by stray bullets fired by men of a unit of the Nigeria Police Force known as State Anti-Robbery Squad( SARS) has been generating avalanche of condemnatory comments against the Nigeria Police on social media, especially twitter.
According to reports by eyewitnesses, Kolade Johnson was shot on Sunday evening, at approximately 4:30pm , while watching a live match between Liverpool and Tottenham.
The incident happened outside a Kingstine-Jo outlet in Mangoro, a ‘transit’ neighbourhood near the International airport.
Here are some of the comments on Kolade’s gruesome death, which is still trending on twitter
“ I have said it in the past.
And I’m saying it again
SARS needs to go
SARS needs to end
SARS needs to never come back
The calamities now seem to far outweigh
Whatever benefits they may give
Elections are over
We are all Nigerians
We should speak up and #EndSARS now” @DrOlufunmi
According to Zikora , he wrote “Not all good looking guys are yahoo boys .Not all young guys driving benz are yahoo boys. Not all boys that have tattoo and wear earrings are yahoo boys. And even if self, who are you to shoot anyone . Police/SARS wetin you gain| #ENDSARS.@ Clinton_kush
Olufemi Fasipe @YemieFASH said “ SARS shot an innocent citizen dead yesterday, men of the @ Police NG who are paid to protect the citizens are the ones oppressing and killing them. Who knows who their next victim will be, add your voice now #ENDSARS # ENDPOLICEBRUTALITY#ReformPOLICENG
BullishJosh tweeting at @amaraed wrote “We are not only fighting the hardship that our government have subjected us to, but the police officers meant to protect us have turned their guns on us… Nigeria is now a big struggle. RIP Kolade Johnson…#ENDSARS
MushinToTheWorld, with the handle@mttw_page wrote “Imagine stepping out of your house and be scared of unjust brutality, unlawful arrest and detention, extrajudicial killing by @PoliceNG”
DENGDENG@ UtchayMillion wrote “Why should we manage a deadly virus that sucks blood , nopt the blood of goats and rams but of human full of life and soundness. Why should we invest in an enemy who kills and maims for fun having no breast of motherhood , your weapons are weird against us. #ENDSARS @sagalinkwarned.
Stephany@stanygeorge wrote “Look at what SARS did to my Kay. Nigerians see ooo. His only offence was going out to watch football #ENDSARS
@ Babajide K wrote “ To the SARS officers who killed this young handsome man may your soul never find peace until you die untimely too.