- A Nigerian court has issued a rare death sentence to a police officer who shot and killed a lawyer in Lagos, the country’s commercial hub.
- The ruling found police officer Drambi Vandi guilty of murder in the case of Bolanle Raheem, who was pregnant at the time of her death on Christmas Day last year.
- The death sentence has garnered widespread support in Nigeria, a country grappling with numerous allegations of police abuse and extrajudicial killings.
A Nigerian court sentenced Monday a police officer to death for shooting and killing a lawyer in the commercial hub of Lagos. Many applauded the rare sentence as a punitive measure against rampant cases of police abuse.
After nearly a year, Justice Ibironke Harrison of the Lagos High Court found police officer Drambi Vandi guilty of one count of murder of Bolanle Raheem, who was pregnant at the time when she was shot dead Christmas Day last year. Local reports said Raheem was in her early forties.
Vandi shot the lawyer after her vehicle in the town of Ajah in Lagos failed to stop at a checkpoint, local media reported at the time.
