The Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square has sentenced ASP Drambi Vandi, the police officer who killed a lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, to death by hanging.<\/p>\n
The presiding judge, Justice Ibironke Harrison, while delivering judgement on Monday, October 9, 2023, convicted Vandi of a one-count charge of murder.<\/p>\n
The court had, in July 2023, fixed today to deliver judgement after the adoption of final written addresses by parties in the suit.<\/p>\n
Vandi was arraigned on January 16 on a count charge of murder but he pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n
The Lagos State Government alleged that the police officer shot the lawyer in the chest at Ajah Roundabout on the Lekki expressway in Lagos State on December 25, 2022.<\/p>\n
It stated that the murder contravenes Section 223 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.<\/p>\n
A police Inspector, Matthew Ameh, who was a colleague of Vandi, had told the court how the policeman shot the deceased on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n
Ameh told the court that on December 25, 2022, he was posted to Ajah Under Bridge with the defendant (Vandi) and another officer, Inspector Dimini.<\/p>\n
Ameh, who said he had been working with the police since 2001, stated that he worked at the Lagos State Police Command and was attached to the Ajah Division.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cWe were armed while conducting our duty but we were instructed not to use our arms unless someone\u2019s life or our lives were in danger.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs we were at our duty post, Insp Dimini was in front, I was in the middle while Vandi was behind me.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a Toyota car with no number plate which Inspector Dimini tried to flag down but it didn\u2019t stop. I also flagged it down, it didn\u2019t stop. The next thing I heard was a gunshot.<\/p>\n
\u201cI looked back and saw the screen of the car falling down. The next thing: a dark woman jumped down from the vehicle, held the defendant, shouting oga you have killed my sister.\u201d<\/p>\n
Details later\u2026<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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