Eunice Dwumfour

Eunice Dwumfour (April 4, 1992—February 1, 2023) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the borough council of Sayreville, New Jersey, from 2021 until her assassination. Dwumfour was the first person of African descent to serve in that position. She also worked as a business analyst and emergency medical technician. Dwumfour, a leader in Christian entities, was married and had a daughter.

Early life and education Dwumfour was born on April 4, 1992 in East Orange, New Jersey, the daughter of Mary and Prince Dwumfour, who are from Ghana. She graduated from Weequahic High School in 2010 and received a bachelor's degree from William Paterson University in 2017.

Career Dwumfour worked as a part-time emergency technician and business analyst. She was elected as council member in the Borough of Sayreville in an unexpected result in 2021, after running as Republican.

Rashid Ali Bynum, a resident of Portsmouth, Virginia, was arrested in that city on May 30, 2023, and charged with the murder of Dwumfour. Bynum is a former resident of Sayreville and had been a member of the Fire Congress Fellowship, a religious organization with offices near Sayreville that Dwumfour helped to lead. A press report says that the fellowship is affiliated with the Champions Royal Assembly, Dwumfour's church in Newark, which itself is an offshoot of a megachurch with a similar name that is based in Nigeria. The prosecutor for Middlesex County, New Jersey, said after the arrest that evidence implicating Bynum includes security camera video from the murder scene, and cellphone and toll records that indicate that Bynum was in Sayreville at the time of the murder. She did not comment on any suspected motive for the killing.