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 South-South Zonal Head of Operations of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC,Mr. Ishaq Salihu,on friday,June 2,2017 told a Rivers State High Court,sitting in Port Harcourt,that a former Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission,NDDC,Mr Robert Akunne Obuoha,offered him a bribe of N150,000.00k {One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira only},in order to compromise an ongoing investigation by the EFCC.He stated this before Justice S.C. Amadi,while being led in evidence by the EFCC's counsel,O.B. Akinsola {Mrs}. Obuohs,a former director in the Project Management of the NDDC,is being investigated in a case of contract splitting and over-inflation of contract.At the resumed hearing of the matter on thursday,the EFCC presented its last prosecution witness,Mr Ishaq Salihu,who told the court that,''on February 12,2016,the defendant came to my office where he asked me that he wanted to see me in private and all alone,and I asked him,why? I categorically told him that it was not possible and that,whatever he wished to see me abut,should be discussed in the presence of the investigators.There upon,he dipped his hand into his pocket and brought out a sum of N150,000.00,made up of three bundles of N50,000.00 of N500 denomination each and offered them to me.I asked him what the money was meant for,the defendant said I should use it to buy recharge cardss and also to establish a relationship with me.This prompted the Commission to investigate the matter and file a charge against the defendant''.Defence counsel,Chief Sam Nwadigha asked Salihu whether he had any personal dealings with the defendant ''before February 12,2016?' and he responded ''Yes and No''.''Yes because he came to the EFCC to write a statement over an ongoing investigation in which his name featured,and he was allowed to go and bring in a surety because of the volume of money involved.''As a staff of NDDC,he was asked to go and bring a reliable surety''.Obuoha,had in his confessional statement,admitted that he offered Salihu the said money ''for him to buy recharge cards in order to build a good relationship with him''.Justice Amadi adjourned the case to 13 July,2017 for the defence counsel to open its case.One more photo below.
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