Tears As Family Buries Slain BRT Passenger, Bamise

It was an emotional scene on Friday as the remains of murdered Bus Rapid Transport passenger, Bamise Ayanwola, were laid to rest at the Atan Cemetery, Yaba, Lagos.

The 22-year-old lady was found dead on March 7, 2022 lying on Carter Bridge by Ogogoro community in Lagos Island, after boarding a BRT bus at the Chevron area of Lekki to Oshodi on February 26, 2022.

The bus driver, Andrew Ominikoron, is facing a four-count charge of conspiracy, rape allegation, and murder at a High Court in Lagos.

Sombreness pervaded the milieu at the funeral, especially during the prayer session and lowering of the corpse into the grave.

KOKO TV observed that family members and sympathizers wept uncontrollably as trumpeters and undertakers accompanied the corpse into the cemetery.

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Family members were dressed in black outfits and spoke with our correspondent after the burial.

The victim’s elder brother, Oluwapelumi Abegunde, who was sober while speaking with our correspondent, said they requested the corpse to see the level of damage done to the body after the autopsy.

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He said, “She was not in a good shape at all so there were reactions. People cried, mourned, and cursed.  The corpse had been tampered with deliberately to know the cause of death.”

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