Missing lady’s corpse recovered, BRT driver arrested, lawyers tackle Lagos
A Lagos Bus Rapid Transit driver, Andrew Nice, alleged to be involved in the abduction of a 21-year-old tailor, Oluwabamise Ayanwole, has been arrested.
The police also said the remains of the victim had been recovered.
PUNCH Metro had reported that Oluwabamise, who closed from work around 7pm on February 26, was on her way to visit her brother, Pelumi, when she boarded the BRT vehicle around Chevron Bus-stop, in the Lekki area of the state.
The busman, Omininikoron, was said to be conveying the victim to a destination in Oshodi when Oluwabamise observed that he refused to pick other passengers on the road.
She reportedly contacted one of her colleagues at work, Felicia Omolara, to inform her about her suspicion and she was advised to disembark from the bus.
Omolara, however, noted that when her friend no longer responded to her chats on WhatsApp, she called her phone number, adding that when she picked the call, a man was heard arguing with Oluwabamise.
Oluwabamise’s former boss, Caroline Oni, confirmed to our correspondent that her corpse was recovered in the Ebute Ero area of the state.
“Are the BRT buses not equipped with CCTV? Are there no tracking devices attached to these buses? What steps have been taken to forestall this dastardly occurrence? Are there no security operatives attached to the buses to maintain law and order? Why is Lagos State keeping mum over the incident involving the life of a citizen?
“No one should be left untouched in this matter; no effort should be spared in unravelling the truth and no amount of money can be too much for the government to spend in getting to the very root of it all. Nothing should be left to guesswork at all.”
Also, a human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, said how Oluwabamise disappeared from the bus and was found dead indicated that something was wrong with the security architecture of the state transport system.
“I believe that the government has a liability question regarding the manner in which the young girl was killed. If it is established that the driver of the bus is culpable in the suspected murder, then, since he works for the state government, the government will have to pay compensation to the family,” he added.
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