Johnson denied Norman, a man indicted for war crimes by the Special Court for Sierra Leone, a civil burial service.
[2] Norman was eventually laid to rest in Valunia Chiefdom, Bo District, Southern Province, Sierra Leone from where he hails.
A statue was also erected near his burial site in Bo District, to honour his memory[3] In October 2005, Johnson accused the SLPP government of not allocating enough funds to clean up the capital, Freetown.
[5] In March 2007, Johnson and the city council were in discussions to rename various prominent streets in Freetown after some important African figures of the anti-slavery crusade.
Even President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah was opposed to any Sengbeh Pieh iconography in Freetown since his legacy was not directly connected to the city.