The Ghanaian police have arrested Victor Benjamin Fajemirokun, a Nigerian wanted in connection with the killing of a Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) officer, Lasisi Funmilayo, and her daughter in Ogun State.
George Ohene-Boadi, the regional commander of the Eastern South Regional Police Command, told journalists that the 36-year-old fled to Ghana in an attempt to evade arrest by Nigerian security agencies.
He said the police acted after intercepting a video alleging that Fajemirokun had abducted and killed Funmilayo and her daughter, Sewa, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
Funmilayo and her daughter were reported to have travelled with Fajemirokun to Osun State on 2 November. The events that followed remain under investigation by Nigerian authorities, who suspect that the victims were killed by a group that included a self-acclaimed herbalist.
Nigerian police earlier launched a manhunt for the herbalist after tracing communication records linked to Fajemirokun. Officers later arrested two suspects in Osun and Ekiti states during undercover operations. Police sources said the suspects provided information that led to the recovery of the victims’ remains in a bushy area.
“The suspect was wanted by the Nigerian police, but he ran to Ghana to hide with his friends,” Ohene-Boadi said.
“The Eastern South Regional Police Command, on receiving information that the suspect was hiding in his friend’s house at Akutia, quickly deployed an intelligence-led operation to arrest him in his hideout.”
He added that the suspect is in police custody, and arrangements are being made to hand him over to Nigerian authorities.