The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that it was operatives of the Department of State Services that arrested Nice Andrew, the driver of a Bus Rapid Transport, in connection with the death of 22-year-old Oluwabamise Ayanwole.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, confirmed this in a statement on Monday.
Ajisebutu said the suspect has been handed over to the police by the DSS.
He said: “The driver, who was suspected to be responsible for the adoption and murder of Ayanwole, who got missing on board a BRT bus on February 26, 2022 has been arrested by operatives of the DSS and has been handed over to the police.”
He reassured the public that the suspect (driver) would soon be arraigned in court.
“The suspect will be made to face justice for this murderous act,” he stated.
Ajisebutu appealed to aggrieved persons and sympathisers not to take the law into their hands as the command was doing everything legally possible to ensure justice.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the 22-year-old lady was found dead on Monday on the Carter Bridge by Ogogoro Community, on Lagos Island.
Speaking exclusively with TVC News on Monday after his parade by the Command’s Commissioner, Abiodun Alabi, Andrew said that he was held hostage by the gunmen who had earlier boarded the bus before Ayanwole did.
Watch the video by TVC News for the details of his revelation:
https://youtu.be/YQRbZL8686I