Celebrities and Nigerians have taken to social media to express their sadness over the death of Oluwabamise Ayanwole, a young woman who went missing after boarding a BRT on February 26.
Popular Skit maker, Debo Macaroni tweeted, “Bamise’s story is so heartbreaking. It is even more worrisome that we don’t know how many people have suffered the same fate as her.
For all we know, there could be more to suffer the same fate and that is because it is hard to get Justice in our society.”
Rinu Oduala said, “Who knows how many people they’ve killed & dumped with a state owned BRT before Bamise had the bravery to capture it before she died?
She may not be their first victim.
The kïller must be fished out & everyone involved must pay.
#JusticeForBamise”
Akproko doctor tweeted, “Security is a mess!
How can you get murdered in a BRT?
Not one chance! BRT.
Publicly run by the government.
Bamise could be anyone, I’d rather enter a BRT than a danfo at night, now even that appearance of safety has been taken from us.”
Lola Okunrin tweeted, “BRT was supposed to fade Danfo and Okada away while reducing one chance, kidnapping and robbery. Saddening that same BRT has been compromised. Those who killed Bamise must not go scot free. LAMATA and LBSL must not go scot free. #JustceForBamise 😭”
Adewale Adetona tweeted, It’s a good development that the driver of the BRT bus Bamise entered has now been arrested. But it’s very disheartening that the arrest wasn’t made several days ago when the incident was first reported. The friend even gave the bus number. Maybe she wouldn’t have died by now.”
Mercy Johnson Okojie posted on her Instagram handle, “Hmmmm I am livid. All she did was board a BRT BUS…
So many questions. At what point is it enough? What happened to her? What is it we dont know? Hmmmmm May God help us in this country and may God give her family the strength to bear this loss. #justiceforbamise#”
The Lagos State Police Command has disclosed that the BRT driver, Andrew Nice, ‘m’ suspected to be responsible for the adoption and murder of Oluwabamise Ayanwole, who got missing on board a BRT bus on 26th February, 2022 has been arrested by operatives of the DSS and has been handed over to the police.
This was contained in a statement released by the Command Spokesperson, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu on Monday.
Ajisebutu while appealing to aggrieved persons and sympathisers not to take the law into their hands as the command is doing everything legally possible to prosecute this case, reassured the public that the suspect (driver) will be arraigned in court very soon to face justice.
