Thursday, December 4, 2025 - The Osun State Police Command has announced the arrest of three suspects linked to the alleged ritual killing of 38-year-old Lasisi Funmilayo Oluwamayokun, a Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, personnel of the Ogun State Sector Command, and her 12-year-old daughter, Lasisi Sewa.
The suspects are 38-year-old Fajemirokun Victor, 39-year-old
Gboyega Daramola, also known as Abere Ifa, and 38-year-old Sunday James.
A statement by the Commissioner of Police, Osun State Police
Command, CP Ibrahim Gotan, on Wednesday in Osogbo revealed that the case began
on November 10, 2025, when a missing person report was filed at the Ikoyi
Police Divisional Headquarters.
The report indicated that one Fajemirokun Victor, 40, had
been missing since November 2, after travelling from Osogbo to Ikoyi Prayer
Mountain for prayer activities.
Police said: “Victor’s mobile phones were switched off, and
initial efforts to trace him were unsuccessful.
“The case was subsequently transferred to the
Anti-Kidnapping Squad, which recovered his Toyota Corolla along the Ibadan-Ife
Expressway during preliminary investigations.
“Detectives combed surrounding bushes but found no early
signs of kidnapping or homicide. However, further intelligence-led
investigations led to a breakthrough on November 16.
“On that date, officers arrested one Gboyega Daramola, also
known as ‘Abere Ifa’, who was confirmed to be an herbalist. He confessed that
one Fajemirokun Victor was one of his customers.
“He stated that on November 2, a woman and her daughter were
brought to him by Victor for money ritual and had been killed.”
Daramola reportedly named additional accomplices, including
one Sunday James, along with two others identified as Kehinde and Idowu.”
Police further said: “However, on November 17, Daramola led
detectives to Esa-Odo Dam, where they recovered the body of 38-year-old
Oluwamayokun. Officers noted that several vital body parts were missing.
“Further investigations on November 20 led to the arrest of
Sunday James in Ekiti State, where he was said hiding. He confessed to
slaughtering both mother and daughter on the instructions of his boss, the
herbalist.”
James subsequently guided officers to the remains of the
12-year-old, Sewa Lasisi, in a bush.
“Her body was also found mutilated, with several parts
missing. Both bodies were deposited at the UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital morgue,”
the police statement added.
Police revealed that Victor, described as the mastermind of
the killings, initially fled but, with the assistance of INTERPOL, was arrested
in Ghana and repatriated to Nigeria.
“The suspect is currently in custody and has confessed to
the crime,” the statement noted.
Gotan, who maintained that efforts were ongoing to apprehend
the remaining suspects, Kehinde and Idowu, who are still at large, added that
all arrested suspects would be charged in court upon completion of
investigations.
0 Comments