A police officer, Drambi Vandi, who allegedly shot and killed a Lagos-based lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, on Christmas Day, closed his defence before a Lagos High Court, Tafawa Balewa Square on Wednesday.
Vandi is standing trial on a count charge of shooting and killing a Lagos-based lawyer, Mrs Raheem, on Dec. 25, 2022, in the Ajah area of Lagos.
At the resumed hearing, the defendant’s counsel, Mr Jude Ugwu, led him in evidence.
Vandi told the court that he had never come across the bullet that was shown in court as the alleged murder weapon.
He said that the bullet was not the same ammunition in his rifle on the day of the incident.
Vandi narrated how he attended a local training school where he learned about arms and ammunition.
He said that the police are always given training every five months on rifles to refresh their memories.
The defendant said it was in the training school that he learnt about the different types of rifles, pistols and ammunition.
The defendant counsel, however, requested the court to produce exhibit P11(a), the bullet and magazine containing six bullets which is exhibit P19.
The witness, therefore, told the court that a portion of P19 was a shell of an assorted rifle used in an AK-47 rifle, noting that the exhibit was used in a long-range bullet.
