Dismissed killer cop remanded in prison

Former Police Inspector Olalekan Ogunyemi who allegedly shot and killed 36-year old Kolade Johnson has been remanded by the order of an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Friday.

The magistrate, A.O. Salawu, ordered that Ogunyemi, be remanded at Ikoyi Prisons, pending advice from State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

Earlier, the prosecutor, Kehinde Olatunde, a police inspector, had told the court that the defendant committed the offence on March 31, at 5.10p.m., at Onipetesi Estate, Idi-Mangoro, Lagos.

Ogunyemi, 45, who resides at No. 17, Alhaji Ede St., Igando, was docked on a count charge of murder.

The Police had earlier dismissed him from service in order for him to face the full wrath of the law for killing an innocent citizen.