I hawked oranges to train her and just like that she was taken away from me – mother of late Bolanle Raheem cries out

Mother of late Bolanle Raheem, who was shot dead by a trigger-happy policeman on Christmas day has disclosed that the lawyer was her only child and was pregnant with twins.

She expressed her grief while speaking with Abiodun Alabi, the Lagos police commissioner, during a condolence visit by the latter to her house on Tuesday, December 27.

The deceased’s mother said she hawked oranges to ensure that Raheem studied law in university. She painfully called out to God to fight for her adding that she will never see her daughter again

“I cannot see my ‘The Law’ again. People usually call her ‘The Law’. She was taken away from me. She was pregnant with twins. She died with her glory. She left a five-year-old daughter behind. And they took her away, she said

“On Monday, my granddaughter came to me and said ‘Grandma Iju Ishaga, I saw you yesterday when you were crying; you were shouting; is it because of my mummy?’ And I said ‘yes’.

Then she came again and told me, ‘Pastor Jerry said what God cannot do does not exist; so, grandma, stop crying’. And she kissed me on the cheek.

Just like that, she was taken away from me. Oluwagbenga (referring to the deceased’s husband), you won’t see your love. It is not easy. A child that I have been training since childhood. I suffered over her. I hawked oranges; there is nothing I did not do.

God please fight for me. My only child.” she said