The BRT Driver: How Bamise Ayanwole, Murdered Was Kidnapped In My Bus 

The BRT driver Andrew Nice was arrested on Monday by the Lagos State Police Command for the death of a missing passenger Bamise Ayanwole.

iexclusive News Nigeria reports that Andrew Nice, the arrested BRT bus driver, has described how Oluwabamise Ayanwole was kidnapped aboard his bus.

The 22-year-old, who had been reported missing, was discovered dead on Carter Bridge in Lagos Island’s Ogogoro Community on Monday.

Nice was eventually apprehended by Department of State Services (DSS) operatives in Ogun State and turned over to the Lagos Police Command.

The BRT driver was paraded by Lagos Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, at the Command’s headquarters in Ikeja following his arrest.

Nice revealed how the deceased was kidnapped, saying he picked her from Chevron with three other men along the route.

The three passengers, according to the BRT driver, showed him their pistols and told him to cooperate.

Nice claimed that after seeing their weapons, he was no longer himself because he obeyed their orders.

The BRT driver stated that the perpetrators ordered him to stop and open the bus door when he arrived at Carter Bridge.

Nice claimed that three men took Oluwabamise along with them after he opened the door.

He admitted that he couldn’t do anything as the deceased cried for help.

Out of fear, the driver said he ran away instead of reporting the incident to the police.

iexclusivenews reports that the BRT driver Nice in his own words stated:

 “I picked her from Chevron, and the other three guys at …when those guys show me his weapon as I was inside, I can’t be myself anymore.”

“Fears have come in, so, whatever the man with the gun told me, I do. I followed that Carter Bridge, that overhead bridge. They ordered me to stop there, they say I should open the door. When I open the door, then when they come down, they now start dragging her,. When I saw that she was crying for help, actually, I was helpless.” (sic)