Bolanle Raheem: Defence counsel delays trial, as Vandi pleads ‘not guilty’

BIODUN BUSARI FROM VANGUARD

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Yakubu Maikyau, SAN, was at the court as Lagos State Government arraigned Drambi Vandi, the police officer accused of killing a lawyer, Mrs Bolanle Raheem, on Christmas Day last year. 

Vandi was arraigned on a one-count charge of murder before Justice Ibironke Harrison at a Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Monday. 

The accused, however, has pleaded not guilty to the charge.

His arraignment which was slated for 9 am was initially delayed by the absence of his counsel to defend him in court.