A Lagos State High Court has sentenced Policeman, ASP Drambi Vandi to death by hanging for shooting dead a Lagos-based lawyer, Mrs Bolanle Raheem on Christmas day.
In her judgment, Justice Ibironke Harrison 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.
Justice Harrison also 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 said 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 under-bridge checkpoint on December 25, 2022.
The police officer is attached to the Ajiwe police division in the Ajah area of the state.
