The family of Bamise, who died 117 days ago, demands justice.

Pelumi Abegunde has pleaded for justice on behalf of murdered fashion designer Bamise Ayanwola, 22, who was allegedly abducted after boarding a Lagos BRT and discovered dead nine days later.

The late Bamise, who purportedly vanished on February 26, 2022, was supposedly discovered dead and naked on a Lagos street on March 7, 2022.

Abegunde claimed that there was foul play in the handling of the case in a petition that, as of Thursday, had amassed more than 5,000 signatures.

He pleaded on the Lagos State Government to not ignore the situation and to assist in identifying and apprehending those responsible for her sister’s murder.

“Four months since the rape and murder of my sister, Bamise, the main culprit involved is still at large and our family suspects foul play. We may not have access to the people in high places like the perpetrators, but giving up is not an option,” he added.

Part of the petition reads, “We, the family of late Bamise Ayanwola, who died on February 26, 2022, after she was kidnapped in a BRT bus by a driver in the person of Nice Andrew Omininikoron and some other accomplices presently at large, are calling on the Lagos State Judiciary and the Lagos State Police Command to deliver justice in this matter.

“Our sister suffered so much in the hands of her kidnappers. Having carefully studied the pictures taken by eyewitnesses and seen her corpse at the morgue, it is our belief that she went through traumatic torture not forgetting that she was also gang-raped before they (the ritualists) finally carried out their primary assignment which is to kill her and make away with her blood samples and panties.

“We want justice without any cover-up whatsoever from the powers that be in government and we want to ensure that other women are not killed by ritualists in their prime.”