Key Points
- Suspects admit they lured and killed the FRSC officer and her daughter.
- Police recover both bodies in Osun during a two-week investigation.
- Interpol assists in arresting the alleged mastermind in Ghana.
The Osun State Police Command presented three men on Wednesday over the deaths of Federal Road Safety Corps officer Lasisi Funmilayo and her daughter, Sewa.
The victims disappeared from their home in Abeokuta on November 2. Their bodies were later found in separate locations in Osun with several parts removed.
Victor Fajemirokun, who dated Funmilayo, stood beside two herbalists identified as Gboyega Daramola and Sunday James during the parade at the command headquarters in Osogbo.
Fajemirokun, a 40-year-old businessman, told reporters he lured Funmilayo and her daughter from Ogun to Ijebu-Jesha after an Islamic cleric convinced him that Funmilayo blocked his progress through spiritual “manipulations.”
How the victims were taken to the bush
Fajemirokun explained that he contacted Daramola on TikTok. He arranged a meeting between the herbalist and Funmilayo, telling her it was for spiritual cleansing.
According to him, the herbalist accused Funmilayo of causing his misfortune and insisted she needed rituals to “restore” his life.
He said three men then led Funmilayo and her daughter into a bush under the guise of performing the rituals. He admitted he knew they planned to kill her once they arrived there. He fled first to a mountain in Ikoyi and then to Ibadan after the killings. He claimed he only realised organs had been taken when he heard news reports.
Herbalist’s assistant recounts the killing
James, one of the two herbalists arrested, gave his own version. He said he met the victims in the house of his boss, Daramola, on November 2.
He told reporters that Daramola informed him that Fajemirokun believed Funmilayo had used his “glory” and asked that both she and her daughter be killed.
James said Daramola ordered him to carry out the killings and threatened him when he hesitated.
He described how they walked the victims into the bush, used a knife to slit their throats and butchered Funmilayo’s remains afterward.
Daramola denied ordering the killings. He insisted Fajemirokun wanted the victims dead and told investigators he was not present during the attack.
Police trace the crime through intelligence
Osun State Commissioner of Police Ibrahim Gotan outlined the investigation. He noted that Fajemirokun himself was initially reported missing after he went to a mountain in Ikoyi for prayers on the same day the victims disappeared.
Gotan said detectives arrested Daramola on November 16. During interrogation, the herbalist confessed that Fajemirokun brought a woman and a child to him for money rituals. He also named James and two others, identified as Kehinde and Idowu, as the killers.
Daramola later led officers to the Esa-Odo Dam, where Funmilayo’s body was dumped. The corpse was recovered and taken to the Uniosun Teaching Hospital morgue. Her head, breast, hands, private parts and other organs were missing.
Victims’ bodies recovered in separate locations
James was arrested in Ekiti State on November 20. He confessed to killing both mother and daughter under Daramola’s instruction and led investigators to the bush where Sewa’s remains were found. Her head, hands and feet were missing.
Police later discovered that Fajemirokun had fled Nigeria. Working with Interpol, officers traced him to Ghana and brought him back to the country.
Gotan said the suspects will face charges after the investigation concludes. He added that officers are still searching for others linked to the case.
