A call has gone to the government of Lagos State and the tate governor, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, to with immediate effect immortalise the 22-year-old fashion designer, Miss Oluwabamise Ayanwole, who was crudely slaughtered by a driver of a BRT bus.
Making this call was a former chairman of the Oyo State Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Ambassador Wale Ojo-Lanre, while expressing his opinion on an online platform.
Ojo-Lanre said, “It is a matter of necessity for the government of Lagos State and the state governor to appease the soul of the dead lady, who was brutally murdered by an agent of the government of Lagos State and an employee of the state governor, directly or indirectly.”
Pointing out that apart from the issue of vicarious liability, BRT, Lagos State government and governor owe the late Bamise, a duty of care while enjoying the service of the corporation.
Ojo-Lanre, a former Tourism Editor of the Nigerian Tribune, said that the onus of the criminality of the offence lies squarely on the government and governor of the state on whose service and mission the accused was on that particular day.
He pointed out further that the masses of Nigeria and residents of Lagos State who patronize BRT do so majorly because of the integrity of peach service and envisaged security of lives and property while engaging the corporation owned by Lagos State government and under the supervision of the governor
Ojo-Lanre urged the governor to promptly spell out condolence palliatives and sumptuous compensation for the family of the dead Bamise, who was denied duty of care by BRT and Governor Sanwo-Olu
The former NUJ state chairman said that apart from fat compensation, the late Bamise must be immortalised in the BRT Terminus, with her picture and a brief story of how she was crudely murdered by a staff of the bus service.
He insisted that the government of Lagos and the state governor owe a duty of care to whoever patronizes BRT.
