Gbenga Raheem, the husband of a female lawyer, Omobolanle Raheem, has narrated how his wife was shot dead by an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Drambi Vandi, in the Ajah area of Lagos state.
It had been reported how the lawyer was shot dead on Sunday morning when she and her family members were returning home on Christmas Day.
It was gathered that Bolanle, who had a child, was seven-month pregnant when she was killed by the trigger-happy policeman.
Gbenga, who was with his 40-year-old wife in the car at the time of the incident, has narrated how she died when sympathisers visited the deceased’s home on Monday.
In a voice recording obtained from one of the lawyers who visited the deceased’s family, Gbenga said they were coming from an eatery with some family members on Christmas Day when the police officer fired on their car, killing his wife on the spot.
“On December 25, my wife, nieces, nephews, and cousins, who had come for the holiday, all went to church. On our way back, my wife said since it was Christmas Day, we should take everyone out, so, we went to a supermarket at Abraham Adesanya, then to Domino’s Pizza.
After that, we headed towards Ajah to do a U-turn to come back to Abraham Adesanya. When we took the U-turn, we saw policemen stopping some vehicles. As we approached them, they said we should stop, and in the process, we heard a loud sound on my wife’s side window. All of a sudden, I saw blood gushing out of her chest.
I immediately ran out; my sister-in-law, who was also with us, ran out and held the policeman; he cocked his gun at her too. Talking to him was pointless, so I went to see if anything could be done; I saw my wife gasping for breath, and by that time, my sister-in-law had brought the policeman into the car and pushed him into the front seat.
We drove to a hospital but they said they couldn’t handle it. We eventually took her to Grandville Hospital, where she was confirmed dead. The policemen took her body and put it in the truck; they wanted me to follow them but I said I needed to go and settle my children.”he said
It would be recalled that the inspector-general of police, Usman Baba has ordered a speedy investigation and prosecution of the officer involved in the killing of Bolanle Raheem.
