The police command in Oyo says it arrested two alleged fraudsters, Gbenga Olubade, 42, and Oluwaseun Adeoye, 50, on suspicion of theft in Ibadan.

In a statement on Monday, the command’s spokesperson, Ayanlade Olayinka, said the suspects were arrested on Wednesday at about 9:30 a.m.

He said the arrest followed a distress call from a concerned citizen reporting a confrontation between a commercial taxi driver and a passenger at TCTC Junction, Idi Ope, along Eleyele Road, Ibadan.

“Acting swiftly on the information, detectives were immediately deployed to the scene, where the passenger, the driver and another occupant of the vehicle were taken to the station for interrogation,” he said.

Mr Olayinka said the female passenger told the police that on October 1, 2026, at about 9:50 a.m., she boarded a Micra taxi around Unity Hospital, Eleyele, heading towards Onireke, Ibadan.

He said the passenger subsequently found herself in the Oje area of the city under circumstances she could not explain, where she discovered that her iPhone 11 Pro, valued at ₦240,000, cash of ₦2,500 and clothing worth ₦10,000 were missing.

“Interestingly, the complainant disclosed that the incident resurfaced on November 4, 2026, when she was on her way to work and attempting to board a commercial vehicle. It was at this point that she sighted the same Micra taxi and recognised the two occupants she had encountered during the October 1 incident,” Mr Olayinka said.

He said the woman immediately raised the alarm, attracting the attention of other road users who helped apprehend the occupants before handing them over to the police.

According to police, the suspects admitted committing the crime.