Killer Cop, ASP Vandi Land In Ikoyi Prison , As Court Remands Him Over Death Of Bolanle Raheem

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Chief Magistrate, Miss Adeola Olatunbosun of Lagos State Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba has ordered  the remand the Police Officer, ASP Drambi Vandi over the killing of a female lawyer and real estate consultant, OmoBolanle Raheem on Christmas Day in Ajah area of the state.

The Chief Magistrate remanded the defendant following a charge of murder preferred against him by Lagos State  .

The Lagos State Attorney-General, Moyosore Onigbanjo, SAN, had filed a one-count charge against the killer cop, ASP Drambi Vandi, for the murder of Mrs Raheem.

The Attorney General, who appeared before the Chief Magistrate Court, Yaba, applied for the remand of the defendant pursuant to Section 264 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos, 2015.

He told Chief Magistrate, Miss Olatunbosun,  that the basis for the remand is to allow the police to conclude its investigations into the matter.

The Magistrate granted the request to remand the defendant at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre and ordered that the case file be duplicated and sent to the Director of Public Prosecution, Dr. Jide Martins for legal advice.

She then adjourned to January 30, 2023 to await legal advice.

Recalled that the officer who was said to be visibly drunk  had an argument with the deceased husband and all entreaties from his colleagues to allow the lady’s husband who was driving the car to go proved abortive.

While the lady’s husband was looking for a space to park his car, the officer shot at the vehicle and the bullet hit the deceased in her chest and she reportedly died on the spot.

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