Bolanle Raheem: Lawyer killed by police on Christmas day laid to rest in Lagos
The Lagos-based lawyer who was allegedly killed by a police officer on Christmas day, Barrister Bolanle Raheem, has been buried on Tuesday after a funeral service held at the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Olive branch parish, Banana Island area of Lagos State.
Penpushing reports that family members, lawyers, friends, and colleagues of the deceased who swas said to be pregnant before her tragic death graced the funeral service, and thereafter the sermon her body was taken from the church for Vaults and Garden Cemetery along Lekki-Epe expressway in the state.
The former Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah who delivered a sermon at the funeral service said the deceased’s relatively short life was full of great impacts, adding that the circumstances that led to the death of the lawyer elicited widespread reactions that will bring about reforms in the society.
The family at the interment pleaded for privacy as the remains of the lawyer were laid to rest at about 2pm, with number of sympathizers and the bereaved family seen crying profusely over the loss of the lawyer
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