A Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver Andrew Ominikoron, charged with the rape and murder of a 22-year-old fashion designer Bamise Ayanwole, is set to file a no-case submission.
Mr Ominikoron’s lawyer Abayomi Omotubora on Tuesday asked the Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square for more time to file the submission.
Ominnikoron is facing a five-count charge bordering on rape, conspiracy, felony, sexual assault, and murder preferred against him by the Lagos State Government.
Justice Sherifat Sonaike adjourned the case until February 8 for the continuation of the hearing.
During arraignment, the prosecution informed the court that Ominnikoron conspired with others, now at large, raped, and murdered his passenger, Ms Ayanwole.
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The prosecution alleged that the defendant, on February 26, 2022, had sexual intercourse with Ayanwole without her consent and murdered her at 7 p.m. between Lekki Ajah Expressway and Carter Bridge.
It was also claimed that the defendant and others now at large unlawfully killed Ayanwole by throwing her out of a moving bus between Lekki-Ajah Expressway and Cater Bridge.
The prosecution further accused the defendant, on November 25, 2021, of allegedly raping a 29-year-old woman, Maryjane Odezulu, without her consent at Ajah Conservation centre, Lekki Ajah Expressway, Lagos.
It said that the defendant also sexually harassed Victoria Anuke on Ketu-Oshodi axis, Lagos, on December 29, 2021.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
