Justice Ibironke Harrison of a Lagos State High Court on Monday 9th October 2023 sentenced a police officer, ASP Drambi Vandi, to death by hanging for killing lawyer, Barrister Bolanle Raheem on Christmas day.
Drambi Vandi was reported to have shot Mrs Raheem dead in the presence of her husband while returning from church on Christmas Day December 25, 2022 at a Police checkpoint in Ajah, Lagos state.
Recall that the Lagos State Government, on the 16th of January, 2023 arraigned Vandi before the court for shooting to death the 41-year-old pregnant lawyer at the Ajah underbridge checkpoint on December 25, 2022.
Justice Ibironke Harrison's judgment on Monday, October 9th, 2023 found the suspended Police Officer guilty of the Christmas Day killing of the lawyer and sentenced him to death by hanging.
“The court finds the defendant guilty on one count of murder. You will be hanged by the neck till you are dead,” the judge said.