Sanwo-Olu Warns Residents Not To Board BRT Bus Without Inner Lights

 

• Sanwo-Olu warns residents not to board BRT bus without inner lights at night

• He promised that the circumstances surrounding the death of Bamise would be fully unravelled

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has issued a warning to residents, telling them not to board the Bus Rapid Transit vehicle without inner lights at night.

This came on Tuesday following the mysterious death of 22-year-old Oluwabamishe Ayanwole, who was recently murdered inside a BRT vehicle.

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According to Sanw-Olu, when BRT drivers switch off their inner lights, the buses were expected to be taken back empty to their yards.

“Any bus that has its inner lights on at night is certainly still on service. Once the lights are off and the radar in the bus is not displaying, people should desist from boarding such bus, because it is no longer in service at that period.

“By that time, the checker and conductor would have been out of the bus, except the driver who is expected to take the empty bus back to their yards,” the Governor said.

According to Sanwo-Olu, the circumstances surrounding the death of Bamise would be fully unravelled, stressing that stiff punishment awaits anyone found culpable in the “criminal and dastardly act”.

He said, “There is an investigation that is currently going on and because it is a criminal matter, only the police are empowered constitutionally to fully unravel all of the events that happened, which led to the death of the lady. The development has been condemned at the highest level of the Government. I personally stand to condemn it and offer condolences to the family of our citizen, Oluwabamishe.”

In response to the outrages that trailed Bamise’s death, the governor said, “I have read some narratives and write-ups in the social media in the last few hours. Some people are deliberately and extremely being sensational, posting that Lagos State Government wants to cover something; even my person. These people trivialise life, which appears to me like they just want to score a cheap point. These people are of low minds and have no conscience.”

He reiterated that the Lagos State Government remained determined to investigate the incident, saying, “ What we are about is to ensure that we transparently get to the roots of the matter. That is why the police and the Department of State Service (DSS) picked up the driver, who ran to another State, where he was arrested. Full wrath of the law will be applied on whoever is found wanting in this matter. And we will ensure the incident does not repeat itself.”

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