Ghana Police Arrest Nigerian Man Linked To K!lling Of FRSC Officer, Daughter
Ghana Police Arrest Nigerian Man Linked To Killing Of FRSC Officer, Daughter
According to the Ghana Police Service, Victor was traced and picked up in a friend’s apartment after officers were alerted by the circulation of a “viral video detailing his alleged atrocities.”
Authorities in Ghana have arrested Victor Benjamin Fajemirokun, the Nigerian man suspected of masterminding the killing of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) officer SRC Lasisi Funmilayo and her young daughter in early November.
According to the Ghana Police Service, Victor was traced and picked up in a friend’s apartment after officers were alerted by the circulation of a “viral video detailing his alleged atrocities.”
Victor, who had been declared missing by his wife in Osun State, fled to Ghana to avoid arrest by Nigerian authorities. Ghanaian officials say he is now in custody and arrangements are being made to hand him over to Nigeria.
The case began on Sunday, November 2, when Mrs. Lasisi Funmilayo, a senior FRSC staff member attached to the Ogun Sector Command, travelled with Victor, described by police as her friend, to Osun State. It remains unclear whether she made the trip voluntarily.
Investigators say the pair arrived at the home of a suspected herbalist in Osun State. According to information gathered by police, Victor and associates then took the officer to a secluded area behind the herbalist’s compound, where she was allegedly killed and dismembered.
In his statement to police, the herbalist reportedly confessed that Victor insisted on using the woman for ritual purposes. According to the interrogation notes quoted in the police briefing, “Mr. Victor said if he did not perform the ritual, he would never make it in life.”
As the killing took place, Lasisi’s young daughter was allegedly outside playing with the herbalist’s children. Police say the child was later taken into the bush, killed, and mutilated. Her remains were reportedly left in the forest.
Fake Kidnapping And Breakthrough
After the killings, Victor allegedly attempted to cover his tracks. According to investigators, he parked his vehicle along the Ikire expressway with the keys still in the ignition and turned off his phone, creating the impression that he had himself been abducted.
When his wife stopped hearing from him, she went to the church he said he was attending, and unexpectedly found his abandoned vehicle. She contacted the police, prompting the first formal report.
Officers who responded to the scene quickly detected inconsistencies. Locals told them the vehicle had been there for several days. From there, investigators began tracing Victor’s call records. According to the Osun State Police kidnapping unit, “Mr. Victor was found to have frequently made calls to one suspected herbalist’s phone number through phone tracking in Iwoye Ijesa, Osun State.”
Police then sent an undercover officer posing as a client to the herbalist’s home. However, the suspect received a tip-off and fled. A subsequent phone trace led officers to Ijebu-Ijesha, where the herbalist was eventually identified during a chance street encounter after a police vehicle broke down.
The herbalist attempted to escape into the bush but was arrested after an hour-long chase.
Confessions and Further Arrests
During interrogation, the herbalist reportedly admitted he and others were involved in killing Mrs. Lasisi but claimed he was not present when the daughter was taken away. He then provided the police with the location of another herbalist believed to have taken part in the crime.
Officers traced the second suspect to Ekiti State, where he was arrested. Both men later led police to a bush path where the remains of the child were recovered.
The Osun State Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Gotan, confirmed the developments during a meeting with the FRSC Sector Commander, CC Leye Adegboyega, and the FRSC Sector Intelligence Officer.
According to the briefing, “the herbalist confirmed that SRC OO Lasisi and Mr. Victor had visited him for consultation. He claimed that Mr. Victor and his friends killed SRC OO Lasisi and dismembered her body.”
The dismembered body of the FRSC officer was recovered in a sack found in a river, “without her head,” and deposited at the Osun State Teaching Hospital on November 17.
The FRSC leadership has expressed shock over the killing. The Sector Commander said DNA and autopsy procedures would follow once all suspects, including Victor, were secured. He emphasised that these steps are vital for “considerable proof because of the dismembered body.”
Police authorities in Osun State say their priority is ensuring all individuals connected to the case face the law.
“The police are working to arrest Mr. Victor and his accomplices,” the OC Kidnapping unit stated. “Investigations are ongoing to bring the perpetrators to justice.”
