COURT SENTENCES BRT DRIVER TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING FASHION DESIGNER, BAMISE

The Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square has convicted and sentenced a BRT driver, Andrew Ominikoron, to death for the murder of a 22-year-old fashion designer, Bamise Ayanwola.

In a judgment that lasted over two and half hours, Justice Serifat Sonaike held that the prosecution, the Lagos State Government, successfully proved beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant committed the offence.

Ominikoron faced a five-count charge including murder, conspiracy, and rape — in connection with Bamise’s death, the sexual assault of Dr. Anosike, and the rape of one Maryland Ojiezelu.

Bamise Ayanwole was abducted in February 2022 after boarding a BRT in Lagos and found dead 9 days later.