Bamise: Lagos BRT driver to die by hanging

 

A Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, Obalende, has sentenced a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, Andrew Nice Ominikoron, to death by hanging for killing a 22-year-old fashion designer, Bamise Ayanwola.

Delivering judgement on Friday, Justice Sherifat Sonaike, held that the prosecution successfully proved its case, relying on the doctrine of “last seen” and the victim’s dying declaration to establish Ominikoron’s guilt.

Ominikoron was arraigned on a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy to commit felony, rape, murder, and sexual assault.

Bamise was last seen on February 26, 2022, after boarding a BRT bus driven by Ominikoron in Ajah area of Lagos State. Her disappearance sparked public outrage and a widespread search.

Nine days later, her lifeless body was found on Carter Bridge in Lagos Island.

Details later…