A Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court, Lagos has ordered the remand in the Ikoyi Correctional Centre of an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Drambi Vandi who allegedly shot and killed a Lagos pregnant lawyer, Omobolanle Raheem on Christmas Day.
Vandi was remanded Friday up until January 30, 2023, pending advice on his case from the Office of the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
The remand order followed an application by the Lagos State Police Command.
The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Benjamin Hundeyin, made the disclosure in a tweet on his official Twitter handle.
Drambi Vandi was, this morning, arraigned in court and has been remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre till January 30, 2023 to give room for DPP advice.
— Benjamin Hundeyin (@BenHundeyin) December 30, 2022
Hundeyin, a Superintendent of Police tweeted: “Drambi Vandi was, this morning, arraigned in court and has been remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Center until January 30, 2023 to give room for DPP advice.”
This comes a day after Police Service Commission approved Vandi’s immediate suspension.
The spokesperson for the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, confirmed the development in a statement after the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, recommended that Vandi be suspended for his actions.
Ani said, “The commission, in a letter to the Inspector-General of Police signed by the acting chairperson, Clara Ogunbiyi, stated that the commission has carefully examined the facts of the case, observations and recommendation with respect to allegations against the officer and granted approval for the suspension of the officer from duty with immediate effect.”
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, said there would be no cover-up in the investigation and prosecution of the culprit.
