Although nothing can ever repay the loss of Bolanle Lawal and her unborn baby that were brutally and senselessly cut down by a trigger happy policeman on Christmas day of 2022, justice has been finally been served with the sentencing of Drambi Vandi to death by hanging by a Lagos State High Court.
Bolanle Raheeem who was shot dead by the suspended police officer at the Ajah roundabout in Lagos was a Lagos-based lawyer.
Having found the police officer guilty on one count of murder, Hon. Justice Ibironke Harrison in her her verdict on Monday said: ” You will be hanged by the neck till you are dead.”
The convict was a police officer attached to the Ajiwe police division in the Ajah area of the state.
His revulsive act was widely condemned by Nigerians and he was suspended two days after the incident.
Lagos state government had presented a one-count charge of murder of the lawyer against the defendant and subsequently arraigned him.
Since the court trial started in January, the deceased’s husband, sister, police armourer, pathologist and seven others have testified against the defendant.
The prosecution tendered 27 exhibits.
Vandi was the only witness who testified in his own defence.
In his testimony before the court, Vandi told the judge that the bullet presented in court which was said to have killed Mrs Raheem did not come from the rifle he carried on the day of the incident.
