BRT bus late Bamise boarded didn’t have camera – Sanwo-Olu

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) bus the late Oluwabamise Ayanwole boarded where she was last seen didn’t have a camera.

Speaking with journalists at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan on Tuesday, Sanwo-Olu however said all those involved in the murder of the 22-year-old would be brought to book.

He said there were in-built cameras and trackers in buses procured abroad for BRT operations. But those acquired locally to shore up the BRT fleet did not have cameras, pointing out that the particular bus in which the slain victim rode was one of the buses locally supplied.

The Governor promised that safety measures on Government-owned buses would be improved upon in order to prevent re-occurrence of similar incident.

He said the circumstances surrounding the alleged disappearance and death of Oluwabamise while in transit on a BRT bus, would be fully unravelled.

He also added that stiff punishment awaits anyone found culpable in what he described as a “criminal and dastardly act”.

The Governor said those raising allegations of cover-up against the State Government were low-minded and had no conscience, stressing that there should be no reason for anyone to trivialise an incident that claimed the life of an innocent citizen.

 “There is an investigation that is currently going on and because it is a criminal matter, only the police are empowered constitutionally to fully unravel all of the events that happened, which led to the death of the lady. The development has been condemned at the highest level of the Government. I personally stand to condemn it and offer condolences to the family of our citizen, Oluwabamise.

“I have read some narratives and write-ups in the social media in the last few hours. Some people are deliberately and extremely being sensational, posting that Lagos State Government wants to cover something; even my person. These people trivialise life, which appears to me like they just want to score a cheap point. These people are of low minds and have no conscience.

“Our Government will certainly not be deterred with such wicked narratives. What we are about is to ensure that we transparently get to the roots of the matter. That is why the police and the Department of State Service (DSS) picked up the driver, who ran to another State, where he was arrested.

“Full wrath of the law will be applied on whoever is found wanting in this matter. And we will ensure the incident does not repeat itself,” Sanwo-Olu said.

The governor also cautioned residents of the state to desist from entering BRT buses without inner lights.

“Any bus that has its inner lights on at night is certainly still on service. Once the lights are off and the radar in the bus is not displaying, people should desist from boarding such bus, because it is no longer in service at that period. By that time, the checker and conductor would have been out of the bus, except the driver who is expected to take the empty bus back to their yards,” the governor added.