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...
The EFCC,on August 2,2016 arrested a level six officer of the Accounts Department of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria,FAAN,Christy Olabode,for an alleged fraud to the tune of N100 million.Also arrested was her younger brother,Abdul-Shehu Obaze,a staff at the Commercial Department of FAAN in Ilorin,Kwara State,and Dominic Ojo,an IT officer at FAAN Heafquarters,Lagos.Her arrest followed an anonymous petition,which indicated that she allegedly diverted the said sum,by inserting names of non-FAAN staff into its payroll.She allegedly conspired with Obaze,to perpetrate the fraud.Obaze was found to have maintained not less than eight accounts in seven new generation banks,which were used to receive the funds for onward distribution to ''several high ranking officers within the FAAN''.The funds were being paid into his various bank accounts with the narrative,''Furniture Allowance''.However,while allowance for FAAN's furniture is usually paid once in three years,Obaze received the ''allowance'' several times within a year.Investigations carried out by the EFCC revealed that the fraud had gone on since 2013.It unearthed a payroll with names of many dead,retired and disengaged staff of FAAN listed against Obaze's different bank accounts.Upon interrogation,Obaze,a level nine officer,confessed that other FAAN officials were involved in the massive fraud,including Olabode's husband who works in the Human Resources department of FAAN.Olabode and Ojo currently enjoyed administrative bail,while Obaze remains in EFCC custody.They would be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.For now one picture is provided but i will upload the rest iif provided.One more photo below. 
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