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-Police arrest driver, vow to fish out killers
IBRAHIM QUADRI
A 22-year-old fashion designer, Oluwabamise Ayanwole that had been declared missing after boarding BRT Bus has been reportedly found dead.
Thee Lagos Police Command has arrested and detained the driver of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), Nice Andrew Omininikoron.
Late Ayanwole boarded a BRT bus in Lagos from Chevron bus stop, Lekki, heading to Oshodi on 26th February, 2022 at about 1900hrs.
Sensing danger as the bus did not pick any other passenger at subsequent bus stops, Ayanwole engaged a friend using voice notes on her phone.
The voice notes showed that the bus driver said he liked Oluwabamise and asked for her name and other details.
She told her friend to pray for her as she became suspicious of the bus driver and in response, the friend told her to alight at Oworonsoki bus stop, way before Oshodi bus stop.
Oluwabamise also sent a video to her friend showing how dark it was in the bus and said: “there are three men and one woman in the bus. The woman is sitting at the back. That’s the number of the bus in case. Please pray for me.’’
However, in a statement signed by the Lagos Police Public Relations, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, Ayanwole’s corpse was found lying on the Carter Bridge by Ogogoro Community, Lagos Lagos Island.
According to the police, the corpse had been deposited at the morgue of Mainland Hospital, Yaba.
The police promised to bring the culprits of the heinous crime to justice, saying efforts were ongoing to fish out those responsible for the gruesome murder.
The statement said, “The Lagos State Police Command regrets to inform the public that Oluwabamise Ayanwole, the 22-year-old lady who got missing in transit while on board a BRT bus on 26/2/2022 has been found dead. The corpse was found lying on the Carter Bridge by Ogogoro Community, Lagos Lagos Island. The corpse has been deposited at the morgue of the Mainland Hospital, Yaba, for autopsy.
“The bereaved family has been contacted and family members have identified the corpse as that of Oluwabamise Ayanwole, the lady earlier declared missing.
“The Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, fdc, mnim, psc, is saddened by this incident and, therefore, expresses, on behalf of the management, officers and men of the command, his heartfelt condolence to the bereaved family.
“Notwithstanding the death of Oluwabamise, the detectives handling the case would not rest on their oars until her killers are found.
“We, therefore, assure the concerned public and the bereaved family that we are closing on on the culprits and we are sure that soon the suspects would be arrested and made to face justice for this murderous act.
“While soliciting the cooperation of all and sundry, we once again appeal to anyone with additional information that could help the police in arresting the suspects to kindly oblige us. Such information, we assure, will be treated with utmost confidentiality.
“The Command is ever determined and committed to protection of lives and properties of residents in the state; and has strengthened its security apparatus to prevent a recurrence of this ugly, disturbing incident.”
Meanwhile the Lagos Police Command has arrested and detained the driver of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT).
Daily Champion learnt that the driver, who had been on the run been was said to have been arrested by a team of policemen led by the Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi.
The driver, according to sources close to the command, was picked up from his hideout in a community within the state by the policemen on Monday.
The driver under detention was identified as Nice Andrew Omininikoron, and was already been questioned on what transpired before the fashion designer’s death.
Omininikoron’s arrest has increased the number of suspects linked to the lady’s death already under detention of the Lagos Police Command to three.
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