The suspended assistant superintendent of police, Officer Drambi Vandi, who was charged with the murder of well-known female lawyer Bolanle Raheem, has been sentenced to death by hanging by the Lagos High Court.
The verdict was delivered on Monday by Justice Ibironke Harrison. Drambi Vandi, who had pleaded not guilty to the murder accusations, was taken before the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) annex of the Lagos State High Court on Monday for a one-count charge of murder.
Raheem Bolanle was allegedly shot and killed by Officer Vandi in the Ajah neighborhood of Lagos on December 25. At the time of the horrific incident, the victim was traveling back home from a Christmas vacation with her family.
Even though no one witnessed him fire the shot, Justice Harrison concluded in the judgment that only the defendant had the chance to conduct the crime.
The court further determined that the prosecution’s eleven witnesses’ testimony was credible and convincing enough to result in the conviction of the suspended police officer.
Vandi had been charged by the Lagos State government with murdering the 41-year-old pregnant lawyer at the Ajah underbridge checkpoint on December 25, 2022.
May the soul of Mrs. Bolanle Raheem continue to rest in peace, Amen.
