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A police inspector, Matthew Ahmen, who worked with ASP Drambi Vandi, the officer accused of killing a lawyer, Mobolanle Raheem, on Monday, testified in a Lagos State High Court that the Ajah Divisional Police Officer warned them not to shoot any civilian. Ahmen, who was led in evidence-in-chief by the Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Moyosore Onigbajo, SAN, testified before Justice Ibironke Harrison that on December 25, 2022, when the incident occurred, he and his colleagues returned to work at 6am in their Ajah office.
There appears to be no end in sight to the highhandedness, brutality and extra-judicial killings of citizens by some members of the Nigeria Police Force despite calls for its reform. On 1st of January, 2023, a policeman attached to the Katsina State Police Command shot dead two people. The incident was said to have happened in Filin Kanada area of the state. Three teenagers also sustained gunshot injuries. “A policeman shot and killed two people, while three young boys were also injured by the policeman,” a source said.