Barely 24 hours after he was suspended by the police, the Lagos State Attorney-General, Moyosore Onigbanjo, SAN, has filed a one-count charge against ASP Drambi Vandi for the murder of Mrs Bolanle Raheem, a pregnant lawyer.

Barr Raheem was shot to death on Christmas Day by ASP Drambi Vandi who was later arrested and detained by the police.

The charge against Vandi 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.”

With the charge, the Attorney General, who appeared before the Chief Magistrate Court, Yaba, applied for the remand of the defendant pursuant to Section 264 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos, 2015.

He told Chief Magistrate, Miss Adeola Olatunbosun that the basis for the remand is to allow the police 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. Jide Martins for legal advice.

The magistrate adjourned  the case to January 30, 2023 to await legal advice from the DPP.