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A Nigerian court on Monday sentenced to death a police officer convicted of shooting dead a pregnant lawyer on Christmas Day 2022, Reuters reported.
The Lagos State High Court had in January put on murder trial police officer Drambi Vandi who was accused of shooting Bolanle Raheem, who was pregnant with twins, at close range.
Vandi denied the charge and had argued that the bullet that was presented in court as evidence was not from his gun.
“The court found the defendant guilty on one count of murder. You will be hanged by the neck till you are dead,” judge Ibironke Harrison said.
Rights groups have for years accused Nigerian police and other law enforcement agencies of murders, extortion, torture and harassment, which authorities deny.
