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...
According to the Nation,a year old suspect,Falope Oluwole,arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad {RRS} of Lagos State Police Command,has disclosed that he duped over 33 men while pretending to be a lady on Instagram.Falope according to a statement by the Police was arrested when officials of the RRS decoy team,who had been monitoring him for some weeks,trailed him to a popular club in Ikeja City Mall on thursday evening.The officers were reported to have monitored him,and those he was interacting with at the club before arresting him and colleague late in the night.It was gathered that the suspect recently celebrated his birthday at Hard & Rock,Llekki,Lagos,week before his arrest,where he spent over half a million on food and drinks.The suspect,a 100 level part time student of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism,Ogba,Lagos,who allegedly confessed committing the crime,said that he has been in the business for more than two years.The Police revealed that Falope's activities on instagram was placed under investigations when it received a complaint about an Instagram handle @blackberbiedol,used for criminal activities,which was later traced to him.Apart from @blackberbiedoll,which he prominently used for fraudulent activities,he maintained @froshwhite007 and @froshwhite separately for same purpose.The complainant,Bernard stated that he got a friend request from @blackbarbiedoll.''Apparently,the picture on the account was that of a lady.The lady in question messaged me on BBM.Honestly,I thought I was chatting with a woman who claimed to be in Nigeria at the time.''She lied to me that her father was a Nigerian and her mum,a Kenyan,and so we got talking.At a point,she lied that she was building a beauty outfit in Ikota Shopping Mall,VGC and that she was in need of some money to complete the mall'', Bernard added.He explained further,''I had to transfer N1 million to her.Weeks later,I grew suspicious of the account name Olawole Israel Oluwaseun Falope.I ran a search on Google,and then discovered it was all scam.RRS investigators confirmed that he was following a lot of Nigerian celebrities on Instagram but they could not confirm if any of them fell prey to Falope's antics,as many his Instagram chats with them got no response.They added that a Ghanian business man who Falope claimed to have met at a popular club in Nigeria rebuffed his request to engage him in a chat.They noted that Falope claims of being a halfcast,Fashion designer,stylist,cosmetologist,model were all part of his fraud to make people fall for him.He was never a trainee or a specialist in any of this.Our source added that he is not an half cast as he claimed to be,rather he blached his skin.''He didn't deny this claim.He admitted bleaching his skin to escape the taunting of girls that he was a very ugly guy'',the source stated.Items recovered from the suspect included,an iphone 6,1 Samsung Galaxy A5,an Apple tablet,hand and neck chains,some new notes and a handbag.Confirming the development,the Police Public Relations Officer,Suprintendent Dolapo Badmos,warned Nigerians to be careful on the internet because scammers are on the prowl world wide.The suspect has been transferred to State Criminal Investigation Department {SCID} for further investigations.
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