Breaking: Court Sentences ASP Vandi to Death for Killing Bolanle Raheem

Wale Igbintade 

A Lagos high court, sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square, TBS has sentenced Policeman, ASP Drambi Vandi, to death by hanging for killing a property Lawyer, Omobolanle Raheem.

Justice Ibironke Harrison in her judgement held that ASP Vandi was guilty of murder stating, “You are to be hanged by the neck until you are dead. May God have mercy on your soul.”

Vandi had shot Mrs. Raheem dead in the presence of her husband while returning from church on Christmas Day last year at a Police checkpoint in Lagos.

Mrs Raheem, who was pregnant, was fatally shot on Christmas day by the police officer attached to the Ajiwe police division in the Ajah area of the state.

Justice Harrison in the judgment, held that it was only the convict that had the opportunity to commit the crime even though no eyewitness saw him fire the shot.

The court also held that the evidence of the 11 witnesses who testified for the prosecution was credible and convincing enough to convict the suspended police officer. 

The Lagos State government had arraigned Vandi before the court for allegedly shooting to death the 41-year-old pregnant lawyer at the Ajah underbridge checkpoint on December 25, 2022. 

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