Mr Farotimi’s lawyer said that a fundamental human rights application was filed at a Lagos State High Court.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
He was reportedly shot moments after he asked to know if the gunmen had obtained a ticket for the day.
The defendant, of no fixed address, is standing trial on a two-count charge of breach of peace and fraud.
The command said it had commenced investigation to unravel his whereabouts.
Mr Ayemoni said the suspects were arrested during an expanded forest combing operation undertaken by the police and other security networks in the state.
