Police Arrest Driver of BRT Bus Boarded By Lady Before Death

The Nigeria Police have arrested the driver of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) where the 22-year-old, Bamise Ayanwole, went missing.

The state police spokesman, Adekunle Ajisebutu, disclosed in a short statement with promise to give details later.

“The driver of the BRT has been arrested. Details later,” he said.

The deceased, Bamise, got missing while returning to Ota from Ajah on Saturday, February 26 when she boarded a BRT bus with number 240257 going to Oshodi at about 7 pm. at Chevron Bus-Stop.

She was found dead by the police on Monday.

The police spokesperson, Ajisebutu, said the body was found lying on the Carter Bridge by Ogogoro Community, Lagos Island.

He said the family of the deceased has been notified and her corpse deposited at the morgue of the Mainland Hospital, Yaba, for autopsy.

Ajisebutu’s full press statement:

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.