Gbenga Raheem, the husband of a female lawyer Bolanle Raheem who was killed by officer of the Lagos police command, has finally broken his silence.
Speaking with sympathisers, Gbenga said efforts to rescue his wife after she was fatally shot by the police officer were abortive as Bolanle couldn’t survive the shooting due to excess blood loss.
Narrating how the incident happened, he said they had tried to make a U-turn under the Ajah Bridge when the trigger-happy officer shot at her vehicle. The bullet pierced Bolanle’s chest.
“On December 25, my wife, nieces, nephews, and cousins, who had come for the holiday, all went to church. On our way back, my wife said since it was Christmas Day, we should take everyone out, so, we went to a supermarket at Abraham Adesanya, then to Domino’s Pizza.
“After that, we headed towards Ajah to do a U-turn to come back to Abraham Adesanya. When we took the U-turn, we saw policemen stopping some vehicles. As we approached them, they said we should stop, and in the process, we heard a loud sound on my wife’s side window. All of a sudden, I saw blood gushing out of her chest.
“I immediately ran out; my sister-in-law, who was also with us, ran out and held the policeman; he cocked his gun at her too. Talking to him was pointless, so I went to see if anything could be done; I saw my wife gasping for breath, and by that time, my sister-in-law had brought the policeman into the car and pushed him into the front seat.
“We drove to a hospital but they said they couldn’t handle it; we eventually took her to Grandville Hospital, where she was confirmed dead. The policemen took her body and put it in the truck; they wanted me to follow them but I said I needed to go and settle my children.” he said.
Bolanle was shot dead on Christmas day, Sunday, December 25, by a police officer attached to Ajah in Lagos state.
Heavily pregnant Bolanle was killed by a trigger-happy Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) while she was coming from a church service together with her husband.
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Lagos police command have since expressed their condolences to the family of the bereaved, describing the tragic incident as sad and unfortunate.
