US EditionBRT driver who raped, murdered Bamise sentenced to death by hanging
- On May 2, 2025, a Lagos High Court sentenced Andrew Nice Ominikoron to death by hanging for murdering 22-year-old fashion designer Bamise Ayanwola.
- On February 26, 2022, Bamise disappeared after getting on a Lagos BRT vehicle operated by Ominikoron in the Ajah district, leading to extensive public concern and a large-scale search across the city.
- The court convicted Ominikoron on a five-count charge including murder, conspiracy, and rape, but ruled the prosecution failed to prove he raped Bamise specifically.
- Justice Sherifat Sonaike ruled that the prosecution had conclusively established the defendant’s guilt beyond reasonable doubt through the last seen theory and Bamise’s dying statement, sentencing Andrew Nice Ominikoron to hang for the murder of Oluwabamise Ayanwola.
- The ruling highlights a pattern of sexual offenses by Ominikoron and urges transport services to overhaul driver recruitment to enhance passenger safety.
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Bamise: BRT driver to die by hanging for raping passenger - Daily Trust
A Lagos High Court sitting in Ebute-Meta has sentenced Andrew Nice Ominikoron, a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver in Lagos to death by hanging for the murder of 22-year-old fashion designer, Bamise Ayanwola. The verdict was delivered on Friday, May 2, 2025, by Justice Sherifat Sonaike. It would be recalled that Bamise had gone missing in February 2022 after boarding a BRT bus driven by Ominikoron. Her body was later found nine days after the incid…
BRT driver gets death penalty for sexual assault, Bamise’s murder
The verdict concludes a highly publicised trial that followed the disappearance of Ayanwola on February 26, 2022, after she boarded a BRT bus driven by Ominikoron. Her body was discovered days later, igniting widespread public outrage and calls for justice.
Bamise’s Family Makes Fresh Demand After Court Sentenced BRT Driver’s To Death - News360 Info - Breaking News, Nigerian News and Multimedia, World News.
The family of 22-year-old fashion designer, Bamise Ayanwola, murdered by a Bus Rapid Transit driver, Andrew Ominikoron, has called on the government to arrest all accomplices involved in their daughter’s death. News360 Info recalls that Bamise was last seen on February 26, 2022, after boarding a BRT bus driven by Ominikoron at the Ajah axis […] The post Bamise’s Family Makes Fresh Demand After Court Sentenced BRT Driver’s To Death appeared first…
Lagos Court Sentences BRT Driver to De@th for M¥rder of Bamise Ayanwola.
A Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square has sentenced Andrew Nice Ominikoron, a BRT driver, to de@th by h@ng+ng for the m¥rder of 22-year-old fashion designer, Bamise Ayanwola. Justice Sherifat Sonaike, delivering the judgment on Friday, ruled that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt, citing the victim’s d¥ing declaration and the legal principle of “last seen” to establish Ominikoron’s guilt. Ominikoron faced a fi…
Court sentences BRT driver to d3ath by hanging for k!lling Bamise Ayanwola
Justice Serifat Sonaike of the Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square has convicted and sentenced to de@th, a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, Andrew Ominikoron, for the r@pe and m$rder of a 22-year-old fashion designer, Bamise Ayanwola. In a judgment that delivered today May 2, the presiding judge ruled that the prosecution, the Lagos State Government, successfully proved beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant committed the off…
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