26th December, 2022
An Assistant of Police Superintendent, ASP and two other officers have been arrested in Lagos for killing a female lawyer identified as Bolanle Raheem in Ajah area of the state.
Bolanle was reportedly shot dead in the company of her husband and other family members when they were returning from Christmas Day service on Sunday morning.
Some reports indicated that the police officers attached to the Ajiwe police station in Ajah had allegedly ordered the car conveying them to stop.
The police officers allegedly shot at the car and the bullet hit the lawyer.
It was learnt that the police officers fled the scene immediately after the shooting while the lawyer, was rushed to a hospital where she was confirmed dead.
Lagos Police Command Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident.
He added that the arrested officers have been transferred to the State’s Central Investigation Department, SCID for investigation.
“The ASP that shot and two others with him have since been taken into custody. They are to be moved to the SCID for further investigation”, he tweeted.
He added that the Lagos Police Command Commissioner is discussing with the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, over the murder of the lawyer.
Also a lawyer, Sir Augustine E. Ibolo confirmed that the NBA has already waded into the gruesome murder of the lawyer.
“Today the 25th day of December 2022, a Policeman said to be from the Ajiwe Police Station opened fire and shot dead at close range an unarmed civilian, a very seasoned female Lawyer and a member of the Nigerian Bar Association Lagos Branch, Omobolanle Raheem, in the presence of her husband.
“The incident is said to have happened at Ajah under bridge, while the deceased and her husband were both in their vehicle.
“Mr YC Maikyau, SAN, the President of the Nigerian Bar Association is presently on the matter and we sincerely commend Mr President and all his Excos for the prompt response and a good job.
“This is one death too many and we cannot continue to watch and see our colleagues die at the hands of these blood thirty individuals who ought not to even be a part of the security architecture of the Nigerian Police in the very first place.
Rest on Omobolanle!!!”