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...
Yesterday thursday,Chief Judge of Ekiti state Ayodeji Daramola,released 34 accused person awaiting trial in Ado-Ekiti Federal Prisons.The Judge ordered the release when he visited the prison as part of measures to check congestion.He decried the large number of inmates awaiting trial in the prison.He said those who were released had no case to answer from the Ministry of Justice,while some were released unconditionally.The Controller of the Prison,Mr Attar Mustapha,appealed to the relatives of those who were released not to reject them so that frustration will not lead them to committing greater offence.Mr Attar added that some of the inmates were victims of circumstance,and called on the public,NGOs and religious bodies to come and build workshops in the prison to keep the inmates busy.One of the freed inmates,Sunday Ogundele,thanked the Chief Judge for coming to their aid and promised not to go back to crime.One more photo below. 
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