Justice Ibironke Harrison of a Lagos High Court has handed down a death sentence by hanging to police officer Darambi Vandi for fatally shooting Lagos-based lawyer Mrs. Omobolanle Raheem on Christmas Day last year.
In delivering the verdict, the judge declared, “The court finds the defendant guilty on one count of murder. You will be hanged by the neck till you are dead.”
The tragic incident occurred on December 25, 2022, at Ajah Roundabout, along the Lekki Expressway in Lagos State, when the defendant shot Mrs. Raheem in the chest.
The prosecution team, led by the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo, presented a compelling case, calling upon 11 witnesses, including eight police officers, two eyewitnesses, and a pathologist.