•Report by Kamil Opeyemi
An Inspector of Police, Matthew Ahmen, who is a colleague of Drambi Vandi, who allegedly killed female lawyer Bolanle Raheem, has narrated the scene before Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Monday.
He said they were conducting a stop and search when the incident happened.
According to him,Vandi whom he said was the leader of their team was standing behind while he was in the middle, and another colleague identified as 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.
His words: “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.”
Earlier, Vandi was arraigned on one count of murder before Justice Ibironke Harrison.
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The trial of the suspended Assistant Superintendent of Police commenced on Monday after he pleaded not guilty to the murder of Raheem.
After the charge sheet was read to him, Vandi pleaded not guilty to the murder charge.
Recall that Raheem was allegedly shot dead by Vandi in the Ajah area of Lagos on December 25th,2022, Christmas Day.
She was said to be returning home from an outing with her family when she was shot.
Vandi was arrested and appeared before Chief Magistrate C.A. Adedayo on December 30, 2022, a day after the Police Service Commission approved his suspension.