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Tragedy as Policeman Kills Female Lawyer on Christmas Day

Tare Magbei
Tare Magbei
Published: June 12, 2025
Last updated: June 12, 2025
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Tragedy as Policeman Kills Female Lawyer on Christmas Day | Daily Report Nigeria
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A female lawyer, Omobolanle Raheem, was on Christmas Day shot dead by an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in Lekki, Lagos.

Daily Report Nigeria gathered that Raheem was in the vehicle with her sister, and four children when the sad incident occured.

The victim occupied the front seat of the vehicle while her husband drove.

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They were reportedly coming returning from church around 11am when the officer tried to stop them.

Raheem’s husband was trying to make a U-turn under the Ajah Bridge when the officer shot her from close range.

She was rushed to a hospital, where she was confirmed dead on arrival.

The ASP attached to the Ajiwe police station was said to have fled the scene immediately after perpetrating the act.

However, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, while confirming the incident, said the fleeing officer was in custody.

He said, “The officer involved in the shooting is an ASP; he has been arrested, detained, and will be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, for further investigations.”

In his reaction, a lawyer, Sir Augustine E. Ibolo, said: “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.

“The matter is currently streaming across most legal platforms and we commend KUBWA EXPRESS for a job well done.

“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!!!”

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