Late Bolanle Raheem’s Car Didn’t Have Plate Number – Police Witness Tells Court

The trial of police officer, ASP Drambi Vandi, accused of killing Lagos lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, started at the Lagos State High Court on January 16, aso Naija reports.

It started with the first prosecution witness, Inspector Matthew Ameh, telling the court that the family vehicle of the deceased lawyer was flagged down by police officers conducting a stop and search because it did not have a plate number.

Led in his testimony by the Attorney General of Lagos, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Moyosore Onigbanjo, Ameh told the court that when the vehicle was stopped, Vandi who was the leader of their patrol team, was behind while he was in the middle, and another colleague was in front.

According to the witness, his colleague who was in front was the first person to flag the car down but the car did not stop.
“I also flagged down the car, the car did not stop for me.

The car is a Toyota vehicle and it had no plate number. I saw people in the car. I don’t know how many people were in the car because it did not stop.”Ameh told the court

The Attorney General asked him to clarify if the vehicle did not have a number plate or it was a case of him not seeing the number plate

“It had no number plate. After that the next thing I heard was a gunshot.

I looked back to see what was happening, I saw a car in which the windscreen was falling down.

The next thing, I saw is that one dark woman jumped down from the vehicle. She held SUPOL Vandi and she said ‘Oga you have killed my sister’.

The woman held him. The next thing, they entered the car and they all zoomed off.” he said

The witness also testified that while Vandi and the other officer were armed, he was unarmed.

Ameh told the court that after the car zoomed off with Inspector Vandi, he and his colleague went back to the office without knowing his whereabouts.
“Later the DPO brought back inspector Vandi with the patrol before taking them to Panti. The incident occurred around 1pm on the faithful day.” he said