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900 days on, CDHR tasks Sanwo-Olu on justice for late Bamise

By Bertram Nwannekanma and Eniola Daniel
28 August 2024   |   5:12 am
After a 900-day wait, the Committee for Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has reminded Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu that 22-year-old Bamise Ayanwola has yet to get justice.
Bamise and Ominikoron

After a 900-day wait, the Committee for Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has reminded Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu that 22-year-old Bamise Ayanwola has yet to get justice.

Ayanwola was murdered by a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver in 2022.

She went missing while returning to Sango Ota from Ajah on Saturday, February 26, 2022, after boarding a BRT bus with number plate 240257 bound for Oshodi at about 7:00 p.m. at Chevron Bus Stop.

A police officer, Sunday Ihende, in December 2022, insisted that Andrew Ominikoron, a BRT bus driver, sexually assaulted and caused her death.

The deceased had exchanged a series of voice notes via WhatsApp with a friend when she sensed danger.

In a letter signed by the Lagos State Chairman, CDHR, Comrade Kehinde Adeoye, the group said Wednesday, August 14, 2024, made it exactly 900 days since Bamise was murdered without getting justice.

“The case has been in court since March 2022. CDHR has been monitoring the case and has, on many occasions, been present in court, but it is so sad that the case has continually suffered a series of unnecessary adjournments to date.

“We recall that in July 2022, a murder case took place at Obafemi Awolowo University (O.A.U.). A Master’s Degree student from Abuja was murdered in a hotel in Ife while writing examinations at Ile-Ife. As we speak, the Osun State Judiciary has been bold enough to deliver judgment.

“In the same vein, there was the murder case of a female lawyer, Mrs Bolanle Raheem, said to be pregnant with twins, who was shot by a trigger-happy policeman at Ajah, Lagos State.

“As we speak, judgment has been given. These are similar cases that happened after Bamise Ayanwola. The pertinent question to ask now is this: What is delaying the murder case of Bamise Ayanwola?”

The group asked that the four other persons – three men and one woman – in the said BRT Bus at the time of Bamise Ayanwola’s brutal murder should be identified, named and brought to justice.

It added: “The android phone belonging to late Miss Oluwabamise Ayanwola with which she was communicating and sending vital information to her friend while she was inside the BRT bus and sensing danger, the information which led to the arrest of the murder suspect, the BRT bus driver, should be produced.

“The authorities should confirm to the whole world if, indeed, the murder suspect, Andrew Nice Ominikoron, is still in prison custody.”

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