A chilling confession has emerged in the grisly murder of a serving Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) officer and her daughter, found dead in a suspected ritual killing in Osun State. The man believed to have orchestrated the crime and two alleged herbalists have now admitted how they lured the victims — the FRSC officer from Ogun State and her daughter — to their deaths.
The deceased officer, 39-year-old Funmilayo Oluwamayokun Lasisi, and her daughter, teenaged Sewa Lasisi, were reported missing on November 2 after leaving their home at the Obasanjo Hilltop Estate, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, Ogun State. They never returned.
Their disappearance sparked alarm among family, colleagues and the FRSC community. On November 17, the remains of the officer were recovered from a bush near Esa-Odo Dam in Osun State — her body mutilated, with critical parts including her head, breasts, hands and private parts missing. The daughter’s body was recovered subsequently from another location in the bush.
Authorities paraded 40-year-old Victor Benjamin Fajemirokun, described as the manfriend of the late officer, alongside two herbalists — Gboyega Daramola and Sunday James — at the Osun State Police Command headquarters in Osogbo. According to confessions, Fajemirokun claimed he was told by a Muslim cleric that Lasisi had “used his glory” spiritually, causing his misfortunes. He said the only way to free himself was to bring her along for “spiritual cleansing.”
He admitted to deceiving Lasisi, inviting her to Ijebu-Ijesa in Osun State on the pretext of spiritual cleansing. Once at the herbalist’s den, the herbalist allegedly instructed that she and her daughter be taken to a bush under the guise of ritual performance — but it was there that both were murdered. Fajemirokun said he only realised what was going to happen when they got into the bush.
One of the herbalists, Sunday James, confessed he drew a knife and slit the throats of the victims as ordered by Daramola. The remains were later butchered — a crime the suspects described as being part of a ritual sacrifice.
Daramola denied being physically present at the killing but admitted that he was the ritualist behind the arrangement. The police say Daramola instructed James and others to perform the killing. Through call-log analysis, phone tracking and intelligence-led investigation, the network behind the crime was unravelled.
Immediately after the killing, Fajemirokun fled Nigeria. But, acting on credible intelligence, officers from the Ghana Police Service arrested him in Accra. He was extradited to Nigeria through cooperation between the Ghana Police and the Interpol NCB Abuja.
Other suspects, including the two herbalists, were arrested in different parts of southwest Nigeria — in Osun and Ekiti States. Detectives say they are still hunting for additional accomplices identified by the suspects.
The police command in Osun has assured the public that a full-scale investigation is ongoing, and all suspects — including those still at large — will be brought to justice.
The horrific nature of the crime — a trusted traffic-safety officer and her child brutally murdered — has prompted outrage and calls for deeper scrutiny of ritual murder networks. Many Nigerians are again demanding action to dismantle criminal “money-ritual” syndicates that allegedly prey on innocent lives for occult gains.
Sadly, this is not an isolated incident. Nigeria has in recent years recorded multiple cases where individuals were reportedly killed for ritual or occult purposes after being lured by promises of wealth or prosperity.
Human-rights and civil-society activists argue that weak law enforcement, deep superstition, and poverty make such abuses possible — especially when victims trust those they know or love.
As investigations continue, authorities urge anyone with credible information about the killings or other ritual-related murders to come forward. With the main suspects now in custody, many Nigerians hope this case will mark a turning point in the fight against occult-driven crime.
