Police officer, Vandi, who killed lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, on Christmas day sentenced to death by hanging

Justice Ibironke Harrison of a Lagos High Court sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square on Monday sentenced a police officer, Darambi Vandi, to death by hanging over the murder of a lawyer, Omobolanle Raheem, on December 25 last year.

The Lagos State government arraigned Vandi on a one-count charge of murder on January 16.

The prosecution alleged that the defendant shot Raheem in the chest at Ajah Roundabout along the Lekki- Expressway on Christmas Day last year.