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...
In furtherance of its avowed commitment to upholding the integrity of its officers,the EFCC,on thursday,September 15,2016 arrested one of its operatives,Uzodinma Kingsley Agbazue for offences bordering on criminal conspiracy and extortion.Agbazue,a Deputy Detective Superintendent,DDS,was arrested following a complaint by a lawmaker currently under investigation by the Commission,alleging that the operative collected N15million from him with a promise to give him soft landing by compromising the investigation.According to the complainant,Agbazue allegedly approached him,claiming he had been mandated by the officer handling the case to discuss and reach an agreement on how to ''kill the case''.Following the approach,a sum of N15million was given to Agbazue whose game plan collapsed after the investing officer,who was ignorant of his scheme,refused to do his bidding.With the investigation gathering increased momentum after partiing with the hefty sum,the complaint became uncomfortable and demanded a refund.The complainant stated that,when he requested for the refund of his money,Agbazue only returned N5million claiming that the balance of N10million had been given to someone ''to kill the case from the top''.The complainant also alleged that the operative collected N1million at a different time as assistance for settlement of his wife's medical bill.Agbazue's action is in contravention of the Commission's mandate and ides as the EFCC will not solicit or accept gratification from a suspect to compromise a case under investigation.The suspect will be subjected to administrative action as precursor to possible prosecution at the end of the investigation.
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