An Assistant Superintendent of Police, Drambi Vandi, who shot female lawyer, Mrs Bolanle Raheem to death on Christmas Day, was on Friday, December 30, 2022, charged to Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court on a count of murder.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of Lagos State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made the disclosure in a tweet on his official Twitter handle.
The murder suspect was remanded in the Ikoyi Correctional Centre till January 30, 2023, pending an advice on the case from the Office of the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
The court made the order following an application by the Lagos State Police Command.
SP Hundeyin said in the tweet: “Drambi Vandi was, this morning, arraigned in court and has been remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre till January 30, 2023 to give room for DPP’s advice.”
Thenewsbearer learnt that the Lagos State Attorney-General, Moyosore Onigbanjo, SAN, on Friday, filed a one-count charge against ASP Drambi Vandi for the murder of Mrs. Raheem.
The suspect appeared before the Chief Magistrate Court, Yaba, a day after the Police Service Commission approved his suspension over the killing of Mrs. Raheem.
The charge read: “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.”
The Attorney General, who appeared before the Chief Magistrate’s 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 Adeola Olatunbosun, that the basis for the remand was to allow the police 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 adjourned till January 30, 2023 to await legal advice.
