OVER 25 MILLION PHONES STOLEN IN ONE YEAR- FG. (PHOTO).
Over 25 million phones stolen in one year – FG The Crime Experience and Security Perception Survey report of the National Bureau of Statistics, a Federal Government agency, shows that Nigeria recorded 25.35 million phone theft cases between May 2023 and April 2024. According to the report, this was the most common type of crime within the period under review. The report read, “The number of crimes experienced by individuals in Nigeria was analysed over a period of time. The results show that theft of phones (25,354,417) was the most common crime experienced by individuals, followed by consumer fraud (12,107,210) and assault (8,453,258). However, hijacking of cars (333,349) was the least crime experienced by individuals within the reference period.” It also noted that most phone theft cases occurred either at home or in a public place, and about 90 per cent of such cases were reported to the police. Despite the high rate of the incident being reported, only about 11.7 per cent of t...
Elias Preko 54 years old,an ex banker and from Ghana was sentenced to four and the half years in prison by a London court on Monday for laundering $5MILLION on behalf of James Ibori,the former Governor of Delta state.Ibori is serving 13 years in a British jail after pleading guilty last year to 10 counts of fraud and money laundering.Elias Preko,became the fifth of Iboris's associates to be jailed for assisting his corruption after the Ex-Governor's wife,mistress,sister and lawyer were all convicted by British courts in previous trials.Elias Preko a Harvard graduate,had left Golman Sacks bank before he committed the offences and the bank is not accused of any wrong doing.the court heard Preko tried to open accounts on Ibori's.behalf when he still worked there but this was not authorized by the bank.
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