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 suspects who were brought in batches to the RRS's Headquarters in Alausa,Ikeja were all apprehended the same day in Oshodi while brazenly dispossessing commuters of their belongings.The suspects: Ganiyi Adebayo {15},Ti,ilehin Oluwaseun {14},Ogundare Moyinoluwa,Toheeb Tijani {19} and Adeleke Sodiq {17} were arrested on friday morning in Oshidi Oke.According to one of the suspects,Ganiyu Rahman he said ''We are over 50 boys.We are always in Oshodi-Oke,from morning till late night.Some of us genuinely help people to carry their loads while a lot of us are there to snatch handbags,phones and other valuables from people.At time,we pretend to be helping them but our focus are their valuables.Most times,we work in groups,While the others is helping out,another person is stealing the victim's valuables either from bag or pocket.There are some other guys who forcibly dispossess passers-by of morning and late at night when their victims are helpless.I have been sleeping in Oshodi Under Bridge since 2013.I work as conductor and whenever I am not,I am with my peer to rob and snatch valuables in Oshodi.We were three when we stole the Microsoft phone from a lady's bag.We pretended to be helping the lady to get a bus,meanwhile,our intent was her phones.I have been committed to 13 month rehabilitation by the Lagos State Taskforce but my home is in Oshodi Under Bridge''.His victim,Sarah Obende,an undergraduate of the Universty of Lagos {UNILAG} said ''I though I had lost the phone.I discovered it was missing immediately I boarded a bus in Oshodi.I received a call in the evening that I should come to Alausa to collect my phone''.Another suspect,Sadiq Adebayo who was allegedly in company of two other boys while stealing an iphone and a phantom Tecno phone from a car,disclosed,''Osas and Janbele stole the two phones in my presence.We have sold the two phones along with seven other phones to Tuwo in Idi Oro,Mushin.They gave me N7,000 from the proceeds.Four of the remaining suspects,namely Timelehin Oluwaseun,Ogundare Moyinoluwa,Toheeb Tijani and Adeleke Sodiq were all seperately apprehended while stealing phones and purse from commuters in similar circumstances.The suspects have been transferred to Lagos State Taskforce.
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