Bolanle Raheem: Suspected ASP Pleads Not Guilty

The suspended assistant superintendent of police, ASP Drambi Vandi accused of the Christmas Day 2022 murder of female lawyer, Raheem Bolanle has pleaded not guilty.

The suspended policeman was arraigned on one count of murder before the Lagos State High Court, Tafawa Balewa Square annex, on Monday.

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After the charge sheet was read to him, Vandi pleaded not guilty to the murder charge.

Bolanle Raheem was allegedly shot dead by Vandi in the Ajah area of Lagos on Christmas Day.

She was returning home from an outing with her family on Christmas Day when she was shot with her husband and relatives seated with her allegedly by the ASP who had mounted a blockade along her route.

Raheem’s death generated widespread criticism from many persons and groups in the country, as they condemned what they described as extrajudicial killing, linking the incident to be one of such reasons for the nationwide #EndSARS protest of 2020.

Vandi, an ASP who was suspended following internal police investigations over the Bolanle Raheem murder appeared before Chief Magistrate C.A Adedayo on December 30, 2022, a day after the Police Service Commission approved his suspension before pleading not guilty on Monday.

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