Nice (Andrew) Omininikoron, the driver of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle arrested in connection with the brutal murder of a passenger, Oluwabamise Ayanwole, has been ordered to be remanded in prison till April 11, 2022.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Omininikoron was arraigned before a Yaba Magistrate Court in Lagos at 12pm on Friday.
The court made the remand order following an application by the Police.
Police counsel, Yetunde Cardoso, who filed the application premised it on a four-count charge of alleged murder, sexual assault, misconduct and interference with a corpse.
Meanwhile, rights activist and lawyer to the deceased’s family, Barrister Ayo Ademiluyi, who is a Lead Partner at Newworth LLP, said Bamise’s family is requesting for an autopsy on the deceased corpse to ascertain whether her body was mutilated or not.
He said: “We want an autopsy to be conducted on her body in order for the facts to be ascertained whether her private parts or any of her organs was cut off.”
The article was originally published on Politics Nigeria.
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