March 07, (THEWILL) – Miss Oluwabamise Ayanwole, who was reported missing after boarding a Lagos Bus Rapid Transit vehicle, has been found dead.
Confirming the development on Monday, one of her relatives said her body was recovered on Saturday evening by the Lagos State Police Command, after it was alerted by residents in Lagos-Island axis that a corpse was abandoned in the area
The corpse was later taken to the Mainland Hospital mortuary.
“An autopsy will be carried out to confirm if any part of her body is missing”, the relative said.
Though, officers of the Lagos State Police Command and Lagos State Government were yet to confirm the development as several attempts to get reaction from the authorities were unsuccessful as of press time.
THEWILL recalls that the 22-year-old lady was declared missing by her mother, who in a viral video on social media cried aloud to relevant authorities saying her daughter (now deceased) was missing, while returning to Ota from Ajah on Saturday, February 26 when she boarded a BRT bus with number 240257, enroute Oshodi at about 7 p.m. around Chevron Bus-Stop.
Until her death, Ayanwole worked as a Fashion Designer at Chevron Estate, Ajah and spent weekends in Ota, Ogun State, with her sister.
It was gathered that the victim had sensed impending danger, following suspcious operation of the driver who refused to carry any other passenger at subsequent bus stops.
Oluwabamise had engaged a friend using voice notes on her phone to register her fear and asked for prayers from her friend.
The voice notes showed that the bus driver said he liked Oluwabamise and asked for her name and other details.
Oluwabamise had also sent a video to her friend showing how dark it was in the bus and said, “There are three men and one woman in the bus. The woman is sitting at the back. That’s the number of the bus in case. Please pray for me.’’
That was the last that was heard from Oluwabamise, according to her mother.
Subsequently, men of the state police command have swung into action in search of the missing lady and the driver of the bus, who allegedly took off in what is believed to be a kidnap case.
