The driver of the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) vehicle that the late fashion designer Oluwabamise Ayanwole boarded on February 26 has been arrested, police said on Monday.
Police spokesman Adekunle Ajisebutu identified the driver as Nice Andrew shortly after the death of Ayanwole was confirmed.
Ajisebutu said the suspect was arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and has been handed over to the police.
“The driver, who was suspected to be responsible for the adoption and murder of Ayanwole, who got missing on board a BRT bus on Feb. 26, 2022 has been arrested by operatives of the DSS and has been handed over to the police,” he said.
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.
Ajisebutu had said Ayanwole’s corpse was found lying on Carter Bridge by Ogogoro Community, Lagos Island.
He added that the corpse has been deposited at the morgue of the Mainland Hospital, Yaba for autopsy.
The spokesman had said on Saturday that two persons were in its custody over the incident. It was not immediately clear if the driver was one of them.
