The Lagos State Police Command on Monday confirmed the death of Oluwabamise Ayanwole, the 22-year-old tailor who got missing while on board a BRT bus.
Spokesperson of Lagos police command, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.
He said Ayanwole’s corpse was found on Carter Bridge, Lagos Island.
The command also said the driver of the BRT had been arrested.
The statement read, “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.”
The deceased was said to be returning to Ota from Ajah on Saturday, February 26, when she boarded the BRT bus en route to Oshodi around 7pm at Chevron bus stop, it was learned.
The deceased, sensing danger as the bus did not pick any other passenger at subsequent bus stops, reportedly engaged a friend using voice notes on her phone.
The voice notes revealed that the bus driver said he liked Oluwabamise and asked for her name and other details.
Ayanwole told her friend to pray for her as she became suspicious of the bus driver and in response, the friend told her to alight at Oworonshoki bus stop, way before Oshodi.
