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...
A Federal High Court sitting in Warri,Delta State has convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonmene one Igofose Oyoma.Ighofose was first arraigned by the EFCC,on 3rd May,2016 on a seven count charge bordering on Conspiracy,Forgery and Obtaining Money by False Pretence to the tune of Nine Thousand Two Hundred United States Dollars {$9,200}.Upon his arraignment,the convict pleaded not guilty to the charge,but later changed his plea to ''guilty''.Justice E.A Obile consequently convicted Ighofose and sentenced him to two years imprisonment with an option of N300,000.00 {three hundred thousand naira} fine to be forfeited to Federal Government.He also ordered that the payment receipt be deposited to the court registry.Ighofose was arrested sometime in May,2015 in Calabar,Cross River State following intelligence report on his involvement in Internet scams.
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