EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, has accused the Lagos State Government of covering up the barbaric murder of Oluwabamise Ayanwole, a 22-year-old Bus Rapid Transit passenger.
The senior lawyer stated that the administration of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu must come clean on the matter and stop “criminally packaging” the BRT driver and prime suspect in the case, Andrew Nice, who drove the victim when she was abducted.
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According to viral videos, when apprehended by the Department of State Services, the driver confessed to raping the deceased, but in a follow-up video in a branded government outfit, Nice recanted.
Adegboruwa stated that the Sanwo-Olu administration has many questions to answer and urged the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, to take up the case so that justice could be served.
The senior advocate stated this in a statement titled ‘Murder inside BRT: IGP and Federal Government should take over investigation’ on Tuesday.
According to reports, the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, Adekunle Ajisebutu, announced on Monday that the driver was apprehended and the victim’s body was discovered.
According to the PPRO, the suspected ritualists dumped the lady’s dismembered and unfinished remains on the Carter Bridge near Ogogoro Community.
Ayanwola went missing on February 26 while returning to Ota from Ajah, when she boarded a BRT bus with the number 240257 bound for Oshodi at around 7 p.m. at Chevron Bus-Stop.
When the victim, who worked as a fashion designer in Ajah and spent her weekends in Ota, Ogun State, with her sister, sensed danger on the bus, she sent some voice notes to a friend.
Though the Lagos State Government has condemned the killing of the young lady, Adegboruwa said, “Events unfolding concerning the murder of Miss Oluwabamishe Ayanwole are as intriguing as they are worrisome. Following public outcry and media monitoring, the Lagos State Government hurriedly packaged the Bus Rapid Transfer driver for media interview, to give the impression that he was innocent of the crime.”
He added, “Some further revelations have now thrown up very serious questions that the Lagos State Government must answer, if it is not covering up this dastardly act of daylight murder.
“In a homicide matter of this magnitude, how can a prime suspect who was declared missing, be handed over to government by the security agencies?
“A video of his initial arrest showed that the driver confessed to having carnal knowledge of the deceased, in very remorseful fashion. He was dressed in shabby and dishevelled attire, truly reflecting his fugitive status as of the time of his arrest.
“Who then packaged a crime suspect, to turn out clean-shaven, dressed in specially designed Lagos State Government outfit and now well tutored to claim innocence to set up the cock and bull story of hijack?
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