The driver of a Lagos Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle, who drove Oluwabamise Ayanwole has narrated the incident that led to the death of the 22-year-old lady.
The driver, who was identified by the police as Andrew Nice, claimed his bus was taken over at gun-point by some unknown individuals.
Nice revealed this in a video clip shared on Monday night by the Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotosho, on his Twitter handle.
The suspect, who exonerated himself in the video, noted that he had no connection with the fashion designer’s death, but was only following instructions of their abductors, who held him and Bamise hostage in the bus.
Nice said he ran away as he was overwhelmed by the circumstances that led to Bamise’s death.
Explaining what transpired in the bus, he said, “When those guys showed me their weapons, I couldn’t be myself anymore. Fear took over me and Ï only followed orders from the man with the gun who sat close to me.
“I followed the Carter Bridge, and around the overhead bridge, they ordered me to stop there. And when they ordered me to stop, I was asked to open the door, her assailants came down and started dragging her down from the bus.
“When I saw that she was crying for help, actually I was helpless and I had thought she was still in the bus holding on to one of the irons that could help keep her in the bus. In that process and with that thought, I moved on. And that is just the truth.”
Newsmen earlier reported that the dead body of the 22-year-old lady, who got missing after boarding a Lagos Bus Rapid Transit vehicle was reportedly found with some body parts missing on Monday.
Ayanwole got missing while returning to Ota from Ajah on February 26, when she boarded a BRT bus with number 240257 going to Oshodi at about 7 pm at Chevron Bus-Stop.
The victim, who worked as a fashion designer in Ajah spent her weekends in Ota, Ogun State, with her sister, had sent some voice notes to a friend when she sensed danger in the bus.
However, after her body was found on Monday, operatives of the Lagos State Police Command arrested Nice in connection with her death.
Spokesperson of the Lagos Police Command, Adekunle Ajisebutu, in a statement, said suspected ritualists dumped the dismembered body of the lady on the Carter Bridge by Ogogoro Community.
The Police had said earlier that the driver was arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS).
