Drambi Vandi

Lagos cop, Assistant Superintendent, ASP Drambi Vandi was  arraigned on Monday 16th of January, 2023 before Hon. Justice Ibironke Harrison at a Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), Lagos. Drambi Vandi was arraigned on a (1) one count charge for allegedly killing Mrs. Omobolanle Raheem at Ajah roundabout, along Lekki Expressway, Lagos on the 25th of December, 2022. The offence  violates Section 223 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. The defendant pleaded not guilty. The Prosecution team led by the Attorney General of Lagos State, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo SAN informed the court that two witnesses were in court and he took the examination in Chief while the defense Counsel,Mr Adetokunbo Odutola had a bit of cross examination which he intends to continue on the next adjourned date Hon. Justice Ibironke Harrison gave an order of accelerated hearing while adjourning the matter till Jan 25 and 26 for cross examination and continuation of trial.

A Lagos State High Court will on Monday, 16th of January, 2023,  commence the trial of Drambi Vandi, a police officer attached to Ajiwe Police Station in Ajah who allegedly killed a Lagos-based lawyer, Omobolanle Raheem on Christmas day along Ajah axis. In a statement signed by the Office of the Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo,(SAN), the trial of ASP Drambi Vandi who allegedly killed Omobolanle Raheem on the 25th of December, 2022, along Ajah Expressway will commence on Monday, 16th of January, 2023 before Justice Harrison at a Lagos High Court sitting at TBS. Drambi Vandi previously appeared before  a Chief Magistrate Court, Yaba on Friday,30th December 2022, a day after the Police Service Commission approved his suspension over the killing of Omobolanle Raheem. Recall that the Lagos State Police Command confirmed that  Mr Drambi Vandi has since been remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre while investigations are ongoing.