Bolanle Raheem: "My Daughter Was Pregnant With Twins," Mother of Slain Lawyer Laments
- Bolanle Raheem killing by a trigger-happy police officer has hit members of her family including her mother hard
- Mrs Salami said that the police killed her daughter who was pregnant with twins and took away her glory
- The bereaved mother made the disclosure when the Lagos state commissioner of police, Abiodun Alabi visited her family to commiserate with them
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The mother of the Lagos-based female lawyer, Omobolanle Raheem, who was killed by a trigger-happy police officer on Christmas day has said that her daughter was pregnant with twins.
The Punch reports that while speaking during a visit to the family house by the Lagos state commissioner of police, Abiodun Alabi, Mrs Salami said that her daughter who she popularly called "The Law" was forcibly taken away from her.
Source: UGC
Also noting that her daughter was pregnant with twins when she was killed by a police officer attached to Ajiwe police station, ASP Drambi Vandi, the bereaved woman said Bolanle died with her glory.
Her words:
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“I cannot see my ‘The Law’ again. People usually call her ‘The Law’. She was taken away from me. She was pregnant with twins.
“She died with her glory. She left a five-year-old daughter behind. And they took her away."
A chat between grandmother and granddaughter
Speaking on having a chat with her granddaughter shortly after her own daughter passed on, Mrs Salami said Bolanle's five-year-old child has been doing her best to comfort her.
She said:
“On Monday, my granddaughter came to me and said ‘Grandma Iju Ishaga, I saw you yesterday when you were crying; you were shouting; is it because of my mummy?’ And I said ‘yes’.
“Then she came again and told me, ‘Pastor Jerry said what God cannot do does not exist; so, grandma, stop crying’. And she kissed me on the cheek.
“It is not easy. A child that I have been training since childhood. I suffered over her. I hawked oranges; there is nothing I did not do.”
Bolanle Raheem: Lagos police takes fresh action over killing of female lawyer by officer on Christmas day
The Lagos state police command on Tuesday, December 27, said that two officers arrested alongside ASP Dambri Vandi, over the killing of a Lagos-based female lawyer, Omobolanle Raheem has been released.
The officers were released because an investigation by the police showed that they were not involved in the killing of the late lawyer.
Confirming the officers' release, the spokesperson for the Lagos police command, Benjamin Hundeyin, said the personnel were taken into protective custody immediately after Bolanle was shot and killed by their colleague and transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for a thorough investigation.
"A well-trained police officer will not engage in brutality," Peter Obi fumes over killing of lawyer Bolanle
The killing of Omobolanle Raheem by a trigger-happy police officer in Lagos state has continued to elicit reactions.
One of such reaction is from the 2023 presidential candidate for the Labour Party, Peter Obi, who described her death as mindless killing.
Obi said Bolanle's killing reiterates the need for proper reforms that would meet global best practices within the police.
Source: Legit.ng
