Court sentences Police to death for killing Lagos lawyer
A Lagos State High Court, sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, yesterday, sentenced a suspended Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Drambi Vandi, to death by hanging, for killing a pregnant Lagos-based lawyer, Omobolanle Raheem, on December 25, 2022. Justice Ibironke Harrison passed the verdict, after finding Vandi guilty on a one-count murder charge brought against him by the Lagos State Government, contrary to Section 223 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015. Vandi, attached to the Ajiwe Police Station in Ajah, Lagos State, shot the pregnant Raheem, while she was returning from an outing with her family members on Christmas Day. In her judgment, Justice Harrison held that the convict should be hung by the neck until he dies. The judge said: “I hereby pronounce that you Drambi Vandi, shall be hanged by the neck until death. May God have mercy on you.” During the trial, the prosecution called 11 witnesses, which included, a pathologist, eight police officers, some of whom were th...