Posted by Chinenye on Fri 17th Apr, 2026 - tori.ng
Famous comedian Okey Bakassi has declared war on a thief who allegedly made away with eight high-end smartphones during a weekly football match in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday night.
(Nigerian comedian Okey Bakassi. Photo by Freedom Online)
Nigerian comedian Okechukwu Anthony, better known by his stage as Okey Bakassi, has offered a N5 million reward for information that leads to the recovery of eight phones that were purportedly taken during a football game in Ikoyi, Lagos.
Bakassi revealed that the event happened on Wednesday night at a pitch where he and his pals get together every week to play football in a video that was uploaded to Instagram on Thursday.
He claims that a young man approached their group and was given permission to participate in their game. He went on to say that the man later claimed to be hurt and departed the field, apparently taking eight players' cell phones with him.
He said, "We play football every Wednesday night in Ikoyi, and this evening, April 15, 2026, a young man came to play with us. Out of our own kindness, we allowed him to join us.”
“He played for a little bit and feigned injury, went to the stands to sit. While we were carried away playing football, this criminal carted away people’s phones. Took about eight handsets and disappeared.”
The comedian strongly cautioned the alleged thief, giving him a 24-hour ultimatum to return the phones. He then called on individuals with phone-tracking expertise to assist in recovering the devices, offering a N5 million reward for useful information or intelligence.
He added, “If you’re the one who came out this evening to play with us and you feel that the way to pay us back is to cart away phones and vanish, we will find you. It will only take time. In your best interest, you have the next 24 hours to return those phones to the security post where you took them from.”
"If you know how to track phones, please DM me." The person who can locate any one of those phones would receive five million naira.
In order to prevent buying stolen phones, Bakassi also recommended buyers of used phones to carefully check and get legitimate identity from sellers.