Drambi Vandi, the embattled Assistant Superintendent of Police, who killed a pregnant lawyer, Mrs. Omobolanle Raheem, has been remanded in the Ikoyi Correctional Centre.
The judgment was delivered by the Chief Magistrate, Miss Adeola Olatunbosun of a Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
Recall that Vandi reportedly shot Raheem dead in Lagos on Christmas Day.
Raheem was coming from an eatery with some family members on Christmas Day and had tried to make a U-turn under the Ajah Bridge when the cop shot her.
The 41-year-old woman was rushed to a hospital, where she was confirmed dead.
The act has been condemned by different groups and individuals including President Muhammadu Buhari; Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; the Nigeria Bar Association, among others.
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In her judgment, Olatunbosun ruled that pending when the Office of the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions, give their legal advice, Vandi should remain in detention till January 30, 2023.
The defendant was remanded following an application by Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN).
Onigbanjo based his application on a temporary one-count murder charge against Vandi and under Section 264 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos, 2015.
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.”
Onigbanjo told the court that the basis for the remand was to allow the police to 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 Babajide Martins, for legal advice.
She adjourned till January 30, 2023, to await legal advice.