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Bamise’s murder: Court orders 30 days remand of BRT driver
A Magistrate Court at the Yaba area of Lagos on Friday ordered the remand of a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, Mr. Andrew Nice for 30 days over his alleged involvement in the death of his passenger, Oluwabamise Ayanwola.
The order by Magistrate Omobola Salawu followed an application by the police.
The officer in charge of legal, Yetunde Cardoso, who represented the police had filed the remand application which premised it on four-count of the alleged murder, sexual assault, misconduct, and interference with a corpse.
The suspect will be remanded in custody to enable the police to conclude their investigations as well as to await the outcome of the legal advice of the Director of Public Prosecution.
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Meanwhile, the counsel to the Ayanwola family, Ayo Ademiluyi, has decried the refusal of Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to pay a condolence visit to the grieving family.
Speaking to newsmen outside the court premises, Ademiluyi said, “Lagos State government is the franchisor of the franchise agreement of the Bus Rapid Transport which the Lagos Bus Services Ltd is executing. We also want to say that the Lagos Bus Service Ltd has a corporate criminal liability hanging on its neck in this case.
“We want to call on the Inspector General and the Commissioner of Police to move swiftly to arrest the Managing Director of Lagos Bus Services Ltd and all its top directors within the next 24 hours.”
The lawyer, who said that the BRT driver had made video evidence to the police, where he stated what he knew about the crime, however, said he would not give details of the evidence until it is tendered in court.
He cautioned against any attempt to tamper with the evidence and also called on the Lagos State government‘s pathologist to conduct an autopsy to determine if indeed the late Bamishe’s body was mutilated.
The court fixed April 11, for further proceedings in the matter.
