The police officer, ASP Drambi Vandi, who allegedly killed a lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, has been brought before a magistrates court sitting at Yaba, Lagos.
Lagos State Attorney General, and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Moyosore Onigbanjo, appeared before the Chief Magistrate, Adeola Olatunbosun in connection with the murder.
The AG’s office had filed a one count charge against the defendant, ASP Drambi Vandi. The charge was dated Dec 30th, 2022 and signed by the director of Public prosecutions, Jide Martins.
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The documents sighted by TVC News reads, that you ASP Drambi Vandi on the 25th day of December 2022, at Ajah Road, along the Lekki Expressway, Lagos, unlawfully killed one Omobolanle Raheem by shooting the deceased in the chest contrary to Section 223 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.
With the charge, the Attorney General applied for the remand of the defendant pursuant to Section 264 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos, 2015.
He told the Chief Magistrate that the basis for the remand is to allow the police conclude its investigations into the matter and for a legal advice to be issued.
The magistrate granted the request for remand and ordered that the case file be duplicated and sent to the Directorate of Public Prosecutions for legal advice.
She then ordered that the defendant be remanded at the Nigerian correctional Centre, ikoyi and adjourned to Jan. 30th, 2023.
The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA Lagos Branch has also stated that it will monitor the trial of ASP Drambi Vandi, the policeman that allegedly shot and killed lawyer, Omobolanle Raheem in Lagos on December 25, 2022.
The association says it will also press for monetary compensation for the family of the deceased by the relevant government agencies.
This was disclosed in a press statement released by Lagos Lawyer and human rights activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN.
Mrs Raheem was shot in the Ajah area of Lagos inside her car on her way back from an outing with her family.
Mr Adegboruwa said the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Lagos Branch to which Mrs. Raheem belongs, Mr. Ikechukwu Uwana, contacted Mr. Adegboruwa to lead the team of lawyers for the NBA that will monitor the trial of the policeman, as part of its efforts towards securing quick and effective justice for the family of the deceased.
The senior advocate of Nigeria revealed that he has in turn obtained relevant briefing from the Hon Attorney-General of Lagos State, Moyosore Onigbanjo SAN and has secured the assurances of an accelerated prosecution of the officer once the case file is received from the police.
The NBA is also seeking monetary compensation of not less than five billion naira for the family of Mrs Raheem from the government of Lagos State, the Federal Government and indeed the Nigeria Police Force and the Police Service Commission.
authorities to go beyond mere press statements of lamentations on the gruesome murder of Mrs. Raheem and to accelerate the prosecution of the killer and payment of compensation to the family of the deceased and all other victims of police brutality.
