The Oyo State Police Command has arrested three men over an armed robbery in Ibadan on 4 August 2026 in which a woman was killed.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, announced the development in a press release today, 3 October 2026.
Operatives picked them up at a suspected hideout in the Sabo area of the city at about 9pm on 2 October 2026. The police say intelligence gathering and technology led them to the place.
The command says the three men are members of the gang that attacked a home in the Wofun Olodo area of Ibadan. Mrs Wahab Rukayat, 44, died in the attack. Other people in the house were seriously injured.
The arrests
The suspects are Akinrinola Oluwatobi, 28; Okunola Mathew, 24; and Ibrahim Rabiu, 23. All three are male.
Police recovered one iPhone 7 Plus from them. The command says the phone belongs to one of the victims of the Wofun Olodo robbery.
The arrests came about two months after the attack. The command says its operatives worked from credible leads and then carried out an operation at the Sabo hideout.
The police have not named any other suspect. They say other members of the gang are still at large.
The attack in Wofun Olodo
The robbery happened at about 2:30am on 4 August 2026. Armed men attacked the home of Alhaji Olatokunbo in the Wofun Olodo area. They killed his wife, Mrs Wahab Rukayat, according to the police account of the incident.
The robbers took several mobile phones and wristwatches. They also took $400 and other valuables. The police put the total value of the stolen items at about ₦3.493 million. They say the robbers carried out the theft at gunpoint.
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After the report, the Commissioner of Police for Oyo State, CP Abimbola Ayodeji Olugbenga, ordered that the case be moved to the command’s Violent Crime Response Unit, known as the VCRU. He directed the unit to investigate further and to arrest those responsible.
The VCRU then began an investigation based on intelligence. The police say operatives gathered information over a long period and used technology. This produced leads that led to the operation on 2 October.
What the suspects told police
The police say they held an identification parade as part of their early investigation. In such a parade, witnesses look at a group of people and say whether they can recognise any suspect among them.
The command says the surviving victims identified the three arrested men as members of the gang that attacked the house.
The police also say the suspects confessed. The command says they admitted taking part in the robbery. It says they admitted taking valuables worth about ₦3.493 million. It says they admitted killing Mrs Rukayat during the operation.
The men, according to the police, also confessed to other robberies. They name the Wofun Olodo and Akobo areas of Ibadan as the sites of those incidents. The command says this gave investigators more leads.
The police have not said whether the suspects have been charged or when they will appear in court.
What readers should know
The three men are suspects. The police describe them as members of the gang, but the press release does not report any court ruling on the case.
CP Olugbenga has told the VCRU and other units of the command to work harder to find the rest of the gang.
He has also told them to look for people suspected of receiving or selling goods stolen in the gang’s crimes.
The command says it will keep using intelligence, technology, professional investigation and community partnership against violent crime in Oyo State.
It also asks residents to keep giving the police timely and credible information. The command says such information is critical to preventing, detecting and investigating crime.
Residents who have information or face an emergency can call the following lines:
Oyo State Call Response Center toll-free line: 615
Oyo State Police Command Control Room: 08081768614 and 07055495413
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