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,today tuesday,June 6,2017 arraigned the trio of Onukaogu Onyinyechi Esther,Ebenuwa Chinazo Jennifer and Onukaogu Joshua before Justice A.S. Adepoju of the FCT High court sitting in Wuse,Abuja,on a 13-count sitting in Wuse,Abuja,on a 13-count charge of conspiracy and obtaining by false pretence.Esther allegedly abused her office while being a staff of Soft Alliance,consultants to the office of the Auditor General of the Federation on IPPIS between 2012 and 2013,to input her name and two of her siblings {Jennifer and Joshua} into the IPPIS database as staff of Federal Ministry of Education and Federal Ministry of Works respectively,for the purpose of receiving salaries from the federal government.Esther and her co-defendants were said to have drawn salaries as ghost workers from their respective ministries for three years,to the tune of N9million before the law caught up with them.The offence breaches Section 1 {1} {a} and is punishable under Section 1 {3} of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act,No. 14,2006.In view of their pleas,counsel to EFCC,Elizabeth Alabi,urged the court to fix a date for trial and to remand the suspects in prison custody.But,the defence counsel,M.M. Hirse,informed the court that he had pending applications for the bail of the defendants.Responding,Alabi urged the court to refuse the application adding that,''they were once granted bail and they jumped it''.However,Justice Adepoju opined that ''the purpose of bail and they jumped it''.However,Justice Adepoju opined that ''the purpose of bail is to secure the attendance of the defendants in court.It is their constitutional right to be granted bail The judge,therefore,granted each of the defendants bail in the sum of N5million with one surety each in like sum.The sureties must be civil servants not below salary grade level ten.The matter has been adjourned to September 21,2017 for hearing.Meanwhile,the defendants are to be remanded in EFCC custody pending the perfection of their bail conditions.More photos below.
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