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...
During a confession,29 year old armed robbery suspect,Mr Tajudeen Onifara has revealed the secret behind his success in the under world for nine years during which he robbed many people of their money and others of their possessions.he confessed to the police that he pay's his tithe to his church,Christ Living Ministry,Lagos Island.he was arrested in a hotel in Ibadan nwith his girl friend by men of the Anti robbery squad.he disclosed that after every succesful operation,he would remove 10% of the money he stole from people and pay it as tithe to the church because he believed that as a christian,God always bless a faithful tither,according to malachi 3v10 & 11.he said he started stealing at the age of 15 and specialised in robbing customers of banks with locally made cut to size pistol before he graduated to a big time armed robber.his major break through in the robbery business occured when he robbed a woman who withdrew N2milllion from the bank as she was about entering her car when he accosted her and pointed a toy gun at her.the woman quickly surrendered the money to him.he pretended as if he wanted to assisted the woman but when they got to where she parked her car,he pointed a gun at her.he used part of the money to buy a sophisticated weapon after rempving his tithe.all the money he has been stealing over the years,he used it to enrol his children in one of the best schools in lagos and opened a supermarket at Idumagbo on Lagos island.he said he knows robbery is a serious and risky business that can cut short one's life.he said if given another chance,i will abandon it and engage in a legitimate business.
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