A key suspect in the murder of a Federal Road Safety Corps officer, SRC Lasisi Funmilayo Oluwamayokun, and her daughter, Sewa, has been arrested by the Eastern South Regional Police Command in Ghana.
The arrest was announced during a press briefing on Sunday, in a video shared by local Ghanaian media outlet, Channel One TV. According to the Regional Commander, George Ohene-Boadi, the suspect, Victor Benjamin Fejemirokum, was tracked down and apprehended at his friend’s residence, where he had been hiding.
Ohene-Boadi explained that the police acted swiftly after receiving intelligence that Fejemirokum had escaped Nigeria following the crime and was hiding in Akyem Wenchi, a suburb of Akwatia.
He said, “I want to inform you about the arrest of a Nigerian man suspected to have killed a woman and her daughter in Nigeria and run to hide in Ghana to avoid the Nigeria Police arresting him.
“The suspect was arrested based on an intercepted viral video which alleged that he abducted and murdered a lady who worked with the FRSC and her daughter in Abeokuta.”
The Ghana Police confirmed that arrangements are underway to repatriate him to Nigeria. “The suspect is currently in police custody and efforts are ongoing to hand him over to Nigerian authorities,” the commander stated.
Lasisi, aged 39, and her daughter were declared missing on November 2 after leaving their residence at Obasanjo Hilltop Estate, Abeokuta, and failing to return home.
Oluwamayokun, a Superintendent Route Commander, held a senior operational role in the FRSC, supervising multiple routes and managing enforcement activities.
When attempts by family and colleagues to reach them failed, a police investigation was launched. Their bodies were later discovered in a suspected herbalist’s den in Osun State.
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Several people, including the herbalist, were arrested, but the prime suspect fled until he was captured in Ghana.
The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Ogunlowo, confirmed that the matter had been transferred to the Osun State Command for further investigation, with Ogun police supporting the process.
Authorities in Osun State have said an official update will be released at the conclusion of their investigation.
