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...
Deputy Director,Civil Litigation in the Kaduna state's Ministry for Justice,Mr Irimiya Samson,made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria {NAN} in Kaduna.Samson explained that the development became necessary,following incessant cases of rape,partiicularly of minors,being recorded daily in the state.He noted that current penalty for rape in the Penal Code was very light,as such it was important to make the law more strict to curtail the ugly trend.He said ''The incidences of the rape have become very rampant in the state.It is particularly disturbing that the offenders are mostly elderly men whose victims are toddlers minors within the age range of three to six.In curbing this abominable act,the state government has decided to invoke a stiff punishment for offenders in the child right law.As such,when the bill is passed,anyone caught ould remain behind bars for life.Similarly,exposing children to obscene materials like phonographic content has also been criminalised.Offenders would be imprisoned or made to pay fine of N500,000 for individuals and one to five million for companies,plus a two-year ban.The proposed law also de-emphasis detaining or locking up children for juvenile offences,having realised that detention do not help the children in anyway.What the law proposed in place of detention is community service,which in all sense could instill some level of discipline in juvenile offenders.Education was also covered in the law,making it mandatory for every child to acquire basic education''.
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