Governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) camera was not installed on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle, which Oluwabamise Ayanwola, 22-year-old fashion designer, boarded before her untimely and unfortunate death. Speaking with journalists at an event to commemorate International Women’s Day, on Tuesday, Governor Sanwo-Olu said the BRT bus boarded by the late Bamise is among those procured by the Lagos government in 2021 from local manufacturers.
“All of our BRT buses that we procured two and a half years ago have CCTV cameras and trackers but the additional ones we bought locally last year are the ones that have not been installed because we have to do a lot of configurations before you can put CCTV cameras on them.”
“You need to do a lot of configuration before you can put CCTV cameras in them so we are speaking with the manufacturers of that. I don’t need to mention names but they were purchased locally. That is the unfortunate one this particular incident happened.”
Meanwhile, the governor advised Lagosians not to board any BRT bus of which lights, including the radar lights which indicate destination, are off.
He further said once the lights of a BRT bus are switched off, it means that the vehicle is no longer in service and that the driver is expected to take the bus to the park to close for the day.
“Any bus that has its inner lights on at night is certainly still on service. Once the lights are off and the radar in the bus is not displaying, people should desist from boarding such a bus, because it is no longer in service at that period.
“By that time, the checker and conductor would have been out of the bus, except the driver who is expected to take the empty bus back to their yards,” he added.
