Nigeria, Feb. 2 -- A police officer has recalled events after Drambi Vandi, the suspected killer of a Lagos-based lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, was arrested and taken into police custody.

PREMIUM TIMES reported how Mrs Raheem, who was pregnant, was fatally shot on Christmas day by the police officer attached to the Ajiwe police division in the Ajah area of the state.

Sunday Akagu, an inspector with the police division at the time of the incident, spoke on Thursday during the trial of Mr Vandi at a high court in the TBS area of Lagos.

The officer who has spent over 20 years in the police said his colleague asked for a bullet to replace his own because it was not complete after the shooting.

"In the process of going to the police station, the...