OVER 25 MILLION PHONES STOLEN IN ONE YEAR- FG. (PHOTO).

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 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...

3 SUSPECTED KIDNAPPERS WERE ARRESTED OVER THE WEEKEND IN LAGOS BY RRS.{PHOTO}.

           According to PM News,the operatives of Rapid Response Squad,RRS,of the Lagos State Police Command over the weekend arrested three suspected Kidnappers fleeing from Ibadan into Lagos after collecting N3 million ransom.The Kidnappers,Adekunle Funsho {31}, Charles Ezeilo {32} and Obioha Nnaji were apprehended in Abule Egba,Lagos after kidnapping a lady and collecting N3 million ranson.The kidnappers had after collecting the ransom fled to Lagos.The police in Ibadan after discovering that the kidnappers were heading to Lagos with the victim's Toyota Highlander had radioed Lagos for assistance.RRS officials on receiving the radio signal tracked the vegiclee to Fela Shrine in Ikeja,from where the alleged suspects further moved the vehicle to a compound somewhere in Abule Egba,Lagos.It was there tha,the officers arrested a suspect before recovering the Toyota Highlander,2005 model with the registration number LND 95 EE.The first suspect assisted the police in the arrest another suspect who was later apprehended at Fela's Shrine in Ika hile another suspect simply identified as Theophilus is on the run.According to one of the suspects,Adekunle Funsho,a fashion designer around Felele,Ibadan,where it was believed the kidnapping took place,''Theophilus handed over the car to me in Ibadan and told me to look for a buyer for the car.I brought the car to Lagos because I knew that I would get a buyer quickly for the car.The instruction from him was that I sell the Highlander at N800,000''.He stated further: ''I got a buyer in Ondo State.He has bought a car from me before,a fairly clean Toyota Corolla.He bought it N550,000.I took the car to him on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway,where he paid me before moving the car away.''Charles in my friend of over five years.We met at Redeemed Church,Ogba,where I was a chorister.I gave him the car to help me warehouse it and to get a buyer .He took the car from me at Fela Shrine tto his house in Abule Egba''.The case has been taken up by Oyo State anti-kidnapping team for further investigations.

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