A Lagos State High Court in Tafawa Balewa Square has condemned a driver, Andrew Nice Ominikoron, to death by hanging.
Ominikoron, a Lagos Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, was condemned to death for killing 22-year-old fashion designer Bamise Ayanwola.
The trial judge, Sherifat Sonaike, announced the verdict on Friday.
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Ominikoron and others, who are still at large, were charged of planning to rape and murder Bamise.
Bamise boarded a BRT bus in February 2022 but failed to arrive at her destination.
Security personnel later discovered her naked body by the side of the road.
The driver of the BRT she was on was subsequently apprehended and charged with murder.
The driver, Ominikoron, pleaded not guilty, but he was convicted and sentenced to death.
