Drambi Vandi, the prime suspect in the murder of female lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, has pleaded not guilty.
Gatekeepers News reports that the suspended assistant superintendent of police was arraigned on one count charge of murder before Justice Ibironke Harrison of the Lagos State High Court, Tafawa Balewa Square annex.
Vandi, after the charge sheet was read to him, pleaded not guilty to the murder charge as the trial commenced.
An Inspector of Police, Matthew Ahmen, who is a colleague of the suspect told the court that they were conducting a stop and search when the incident happened.
He said Vandi who was the leader of their team was behind while he was in the middle, and another colleague, Inspector Dimini, was in the front.
Ahmen who was the first prosecution witness said when Dimini saw a car coming, he flagged it down but the car didn’t stop, and when the car got to where he was standing, he also flagged the car down but the car didn’t stop as well.
He said, “The next thing I heard was a gunshot and I looked back to see what was happening and I saw that a windscreen was falling.
“The next thing I saw again was a dark woman who jumped down from the vehicle and I heard her saying that ‘oga you have killed my sister.’ The woman held him and before I and Dimini could get to them, they had entered the car, locked it, and left.”
Gatekeepers News reports that Bolanle was shot dead on Christmas Day by the officer who was attached to the Ajiwe Police Station in Ajah, Lagos State. She was said to be returning home with other members of her family when the alleged murder occurred.
