Mohammed Shosanya
A Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square annex, at Igbosere has convicted and sentenced the suspended Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Vandi to death by hanging, for the murder of Lagos-based lawyer, Omobolanle Raheem.
Justice Ibironke Harrison held that the prosecution, the Lagos state government, had established the case against the suspended officer beyond all reasonable doubt.
The judge held: “The court finds the defendant guilty on one count of murder. You will be hanged by the neck till you are dead.”
Vandi was charged ti court on January 16,for shooting to death the 41-year-old pregnant lawyer at the Ajah underbridge checkpoint on December 25, 2022.
He faced a one-count charge of murder contrary to Section 223 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.