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 Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC,yesterday thursday October 27,2016,secured the conviction of one Mrs Chika Amsy Charlse,who was convicted by Justic D.V Agishir of the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu,and sentenced to three years imprisonment on each of the thirty count charge preferred against her by the Commission.The sentence which was to run concurrently from the date of her conviction,was without an option of a fine.The Convict was found guilty of swindling three innocent young Nigerians up to the tune of N5,620,000.00 {Five million,Six Hundred and Twenty Thousand Naira only} under the guise of helping them secure admission into Enugu State University of Science and Technology ESUTH,through her unresistered NGO called 'Bold and Dynamic Gender Initiative'.But Chika ran out of luck in 2007 when one of her victims whom she defrauded petitioned the EFCC,on her fraudulent activities.One of the Counts on which she was convicted and sentenced reads: That you Chika Amsy Charles,Simon Chidubem {at large} and Friday Ali {at large} on or about the 10th October 2007 at Enugu,Enugu State within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court of Nigeria with intent to defraud obtained N330,000 {Three Hundred and Thirty Thousand} from Okudoh Obinna by False Pretense when you represented yourselves as capable of procuring admission for his wards into Enugu State University of Science and Technology which pretense you knew to be false and thereby committed an offense contrary to section 1{1} {b} of the Advanced Fee Fraud and Other related offenses Act NO: 14 of 2016 and punishable under Section 1 {3} of the same Act.One more photo below.
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