By Akinwale Kasali
After the wait, justice has finally been delivered in the case of 22-year old Oluwabamise Ayanwola who was murdered by Andrew Ominikoron, a Bus Rapid Transit driver, when she boarded the bus on her way home from work.
Justice Sherifat Sonaike of the Lagos State High Court, sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square Annexe, sentenced Ominikoron to death by hanging.
Ominikoron was arraigned on a five-count charge which bordered on murder, conspiracy, and rape, in connection with the death of Ayanwola, as well as the se3ual assault of Dr. Anosike Victoria and the raxe of one Maryland Ojiezelu.
Delivering judgment on Friday, Justice Sonaike ruled that the Lagos State Government, which prosecuted the case, had successfully proved its case beyond every reasonable doubt.
“For the death of Oluwabamise Ayanwola, you will be hanged by the neck until you are dead. May God have mercy upon you,” the Judge declared in her pronouncement.
Ominikoron, however, pleaded not guilty to all charges leveled against him.
It would be recalled that in March 2022, 47 Year Old Ominikoron was arraigned by the Lagos State Government on four counts charge bordering on alleged raxe, conspiracy, se3ual assault and murder.
According to the charge, the murder occurred on February 26, 2022, at about 7pm near the Lekki-Ajah Conservation Expressway, Lagos.
The prosecution said Ominikoron conspired with others now at large and forcefully had se3ual intercourse with Bamise after which he murdered her.
However, the convict, while giving his testimony during trial earlier, told the court that he illegally picked up Bamise at the Chevron bus stop on a return trip to Oshodi after he had off-loaded passengers on the Oshodi-Ajah route at around 8pm that day.
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