Admin l Monday, March 07, 2022
LAGOS, Nigeria – Oluwabamise Ayanwole, the 22 year old pretty lady declared missing after boarding a BRT bus from Chevron bus stop on the Lekki axis to Oshodi, Lagos has been found dead. She was allegedly assaulted aboard a BRT bus but before the assault her instinct made her to take down the bus number, made an audio record which she sent to friends and relatives.
We gathered that while in the bus, she discovered that she was the only one in the bus. But later, three other people entered the bus, two men and a lady, this made her a little calm but she was still in contact with her friends. Later on, her friend called her but she was neither answering nor returning calls until her line went dead.
She was allegedly thrown down at Ebutero, Lagos Island. Speaking on the development, a resident of Lagos Island, said, “ we saw the corpses in my area at Ebute Ero, Lagos Island near Oba Palace, when they threw her down from the brt naked, we saw the brt bus drive away, a jeep followed the bus”.
According to eye witness Bamise cried for help before she gave up the ghost. Families, we gathered have visited BRT terminal since the incident and also visited driver of the bus, who was said to have relocated, her guarantor is also said to be on the run.
Reacting to the story, the Lagos State Police Command said it 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, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu said.
