The driver of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) bus boarded last by the murdered 22-year-old Oluwabamise Ayanwole has been arrested.
The spokesman of the Lagos Police Command, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, confirmed this in a statement.
He said the driver was arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services and handed over to the police.
“This is to further inform the general public that the BRT driver, Andrew Nice, ‘m’ suspected to be responsible for the abduction 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.
We want to reassure the public that the suspect (driver) will be arraigned in court very soon to face justice.
We therefore appeal 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.
SIGNED:
CSP ADEKUNLE AJISEBUTU ,anipr.
POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,
LAGOS STATE COMMAND.”
The pictures and vital details of the driver had earlier been circulated online.
