Justice served in murder of Lagos pregnant lawyer

The death verdict delivered by the Lagos High Court on a dismissed police officer for unlawfully killing a pregnant lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem, may not bring back her precious life so brutally terminated; but it should send a strong signal to careless and trigger-happy cops, who treat fellow citizens with contempt, ostensibly because of the gun they wield, that the days of impunity and recklessness are overThe death verdict delivered by the Lagos High Court on a dismissed police officer for...

Law enforcement officers should not act as a top caste above the citizens. Security personnel should understand that the public hired them and the public pays them, and they cannot assault or kill members of the public. After about 13 months of trial during which the Office of the Public Defender, Lagos State Ministry of Justice served as counsel to the victims, Justice Opeyemi Oke of the Lagos State High Court, on Wednesday, January 28 2010, delivered judgement and ordered the four ratings and their boss to pay Miss Okere and Mr Abdulazeez N100 million for assault, in addition to offering “unreserved apology” to the victims, to be published in seven media organisations.

To debunk notions that the Omobolanle case was given special treatment due to the personality of the victim and the prompt response of the Nigerian Bar Association , there should be a policy putting a ceiling on the timeline for delivering judgement on GBV cases; or the government should set up special courts for handling GBV cases aimed at timely dispensation of justice.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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