Victor Fajemirokun, the boyfriend of the late Federal Road Safety Corps officer, Lasisi Funmilayo, and her daughter, Sewa Lasisi, has told police why he allegedly led them to their deaths at the hands of herbalists in Osun State.
Fajemirokun, 40, was paraded alongside two herbalists, Gboyega Daramola and Sunday James, at the Osun State Police Command headquarters in Osogbo on Wednesday.
The Osogbo-based businessman said he brought the victims from Ogun to Ijebu-Jesa, Osun, after an Islamic cleric told him that Funmilayo, through “spiritual manipulations,” had affected his life.
Authorities said the 39-year-old officer and her daughter, previously reported missing in Ogun State, were discovered dead at a suspected herbalist’s den with mutilated body parts, in what is believed to be a ritual killing.
Funmilayo and Sewa were reported missing on Sunday morning, November 2, after leaving their home at Obasanjo Hilltop Estate, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.
Responding to journalists after the police briefing, Fajemirokun said, “I was told by a cleric that as long as Funmilayo was alive, I would not be successful.”
He admitted telling his wife in Osogbo that he was going for prayers in Ikoyi, Osun State, and explained that he invited Funmilayo to Osun after the cleric said she had “used his glory” and he needed spiritual cleansing to break free from her influence.
Describing the events of the day, Fajemirokun said, “I met one Gboyega Daramola on TikTok. The agreement between me and Funmilayo was to go and meet him for spiritual cleansing. So, when this man (Gboyega) did spiritual consultation for me, he said Funmilayo was the one causing misfortune for me. So, he asked me to come with her.
“I went there with Funmilayo to his place at Ijebu-Ijesa. The man told Funmilayo that she had to do some rituals and instructed three men to take her to the bush to perform the rituals. It was in the bush that we killed her. The daughter went to the bush with us.
“After killing them, I ran to a mountain in Ikoyi. It was from there that I went to Ibadan.
“It was as if I was hypnotised. I never really wanted to do that. So, when we got there, I knew that they were going to kill her. I never knew they harvested their organs. I only heard that on the news and that was when I decided to come back home.”
One of the arrested herbalists, James, explained his role in the crime.
He said, “I went to my boss’s house, where I met Victor, a woman and a young girl. My boss (Daramola) told me that Victor had gone to an alfa before, where he was told that his woman friend had used his glory. So, he was there for them to kill his wife and his child.
“So, my boss ordered me to kill them and threatened me. We took them to a bush where we used a knife to slit their throats. After that, we cut the woman into pieces.”
Daramola, allegedly the one who ordered the killing, told PUNCH Metro that Fajemirokun had instructed the act and denied being present during the crime.
CP Gotan provided further details, stating that Fajemirokun was reported missing on November 2 in Ikoyi, where he had gone for prayers.
“Subsequently, through intelligence-led investigation and painstaking analysis; on November 16, 2025, one Gboyega Daramola, ‘m’ a.k.a. ‘Aberefa’ was arrested and confirmed to be an herbalist. During his interrogation, he emphatically confessed that one Fajemirokun Victor ‘m’ was one of his customers, that on November 2, 2025, a woman and her daughter were brought to him by Fajemirokun Victor ‘m’ for money rituals and the subjects have been killed. He further mentioned one Sunday James, ‘m’, one Kehinde and one Idowu to be part of the killers.
“Furthermore, on Monday, November 17, 2025, the suspect, Gboyega Daramola, ‘m’ a.k.a. ‘Aberefa’, led the detectives to Esa-Odo Dam, Osun State where the body of one Lasisi Funmilayo Oluwamayokun, ‘f’, 38 years, who happened to be a senior officer of the FRSC in Ogun State, was dumped.
“Thereafter, it was recovered and deposited at the Uniosun Teaching Hospital Morgue for autopsy. Meanwhile, some vital parts of the body such as head, breast, two hands, private parts and others were missing,” the CP said.
Gotan added, “Further credible intelligence led to the arrest of one of the principal suspects mentioned by the herbalist.
“On November 20, 2025, one Sunday James was arrested in Ekiti State where he was hiding. During interrogation, he confessed to be the one who slaughtered both mother and her daughter on the instruction of his herbalist-boss, Gboyega Daramola a.k.a. ‘Aberefa,’ while the duo of Kehinde and Idowu were the ones who butchered the body.
“However, the suspect Sunday James led the detectives to recover the body of the daughter, Sewa Lasisi, from the bush where she was killed. Likewise, some vital parts of the body such as head, two hands and the feet were missing. The remains were also deposited at Uniosun Teaching Hospital Morgue.
“However, it was gathered that Fajemirokun Victor who masterminded the killing had absconded from being arrested. Through the collaboration with Interpol, he was apprehended in Ghana and repatriated to Nigeria.”
The CP assured the public that the suspects would be charged in court after the investigation, adding that efforts to apprehend other individuals involved are ongoing.
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