Slain female lawyer: IGP recommends suspension of errant policeman
Late Omobolanle Raheem. ...As reps move motion to ban policemen from alcohol, substance consumption Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba, has recommended the immediate suspension of the police officer who shot a female lawyer dead, on Christmas day, in the Ajah area of Lagos. Following the tragedy, the House of Representatives, yesterday, moved for the total ban of police officers from consuming alcohol and other hard substances capable of inhibiting their sense of reasoning and capability to carry out their duties. The recommendation for the suspension of the policeman, Drambi Vandi, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, attached to the Ajah division, according to the IGP, was to create an enabling environment for necessary legal procedures that will ensure justice in the case, without interference, while the Force awaited detailed report on the incident. While noting that the suspension was in line with the internal disciplinary processes of the Force, the Police boss in a ...