A police witness, Matthew Ahmen, has revealed how the Ajah Divisional Police Officer warned them against shooting any civilian.
According to The PUNCH, Ahmen, who is a colleague of Vandi, during a court session on Monday, told Justice Ibironke Harrison of the Lagos State High Court that on December 25, 2022, when the incident happened, he and his colleagues resumed duty at 6am in their office at Ajah.
The witness said, “The DPO told us that on no account should anyone use firearms, except someone was in danger or our lives were being threatened.”
He stated that the three of them were assigned to Ajah under bridge and that Vandi was the team’s captain.
The witness, who indicated that he joined the Nigeria Police Force in 2001, stated that during the stop and search, another colleague, Dimini, was in front, while he was in the middle, and Vandi was in the back.
When Dimini noticed a car approaching and flagged it down, the driver did not stop, according to Ahmen.
When the automobile arrived at his location, he flagged it down, but the driver did not stop.
“The next thing I heard was a gunshot and I looked back to see what was happening; I saw that a windscreen was falling down.
“The next thing I saw again was a dark woman who jumped down from the vehicle and I heard her saying, ‘Oga you have killed my sister.’ The woman held him (Vandi) and before I and Dimini could get to them, they had entered the car, locked it and left,” he added.
Ahmen stated that he and Dimini returned to the station following the incident.
He said, “Vandi entered the same vehicle and they drove him away; we did not know where they went to. While we were at the station, we saw that the DPO brought ASP Vandi to the station with the police patrol vehicle.”
