We’ll Use Bolanle Raheem’s Case To Uproot Injustice In Nigeria – NBA

 We’ll Use Bolanle Raheem’s Case To Uproot Injustice In Nigeria – NBA

We’ll Use Bolanle Raheem’s Case To Uproot Injustice In Nigeria – NBA

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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has vowed to ensure that justice is served in the case of Bolanle Raheem, a Lagos-based female lawyer who was shot dead by a police officer on Christmas Day.

The officer, later identified as Drambi Vandi, was assigned to Ajiwe Police Station in Ajah, Lagos State, as an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP).

The cop and his team allegedly attempted to stop Raheem and her family as they drove home from a church service.

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Raheem was shot when her car attempted to make a U-turn under the Ajah Bridge, and she was later pronounced dead at the hospital to which she was rushed, infuriating Nigerians.

Mandy Asagba, the NBA’s 3rd Vice President, responded to the incident on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme, chastising the police officer for violating the police code of conduct and assuring the victim’s family that the NBA will pursue the case with them until justice is served.

“They have rules and code of conducts. One thing I have noticed with the system in Nigeria, particularly the police is that they kind of go outside the law at any point in time, they violate the law; they go contrary to the law most of the time. Constitutionally it was totally wrong, going by the police SOP, it is unacceptable, it’s so inhumane, it’s unthinkable I must say and I say to myself this could have happened to anybody.

“So if Nigerians are going to keep quiet at this then trust me anybody can be the next victim, but I thank God Nigerians are not keeping quiet The NBA President has said it without mincing words that we are ready to go all the way out, we are ready to be the complainants with the family, we are also ready to ensure that we are not just going to the root of the matter but to uproot the system of injustice happening in the land,” Asagba said.

Speaking on the matter, Funmi Adeogun, a board member of the NBA Institute of Human Rights, who described Mrs Raheem’s death as “very unfortunate,” reiterated the NBA’s and women lawyers’ determination to see the case through.