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...

EFCC ARRAIGNS BANKER FOR N50.4M FRAUD TODAY AT IGBOSERE.{PHOTO}


       The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, November 14, 2017, arraigned one Adebayo Ogunnusi and his company, TQM Infrastructure Limited, before Justice Sybil Nwaka of the Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere, Lagos on one-count charge bordering on obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of N50, 400,000.00( Fifty Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira).
The offence is contrary to Section 1(1) (a) and 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act No. 14 of 2006.The complainant, Kehinde Agbabiaka, alleged that he approached the suspect, who presented himself as Head, Small and Medium Enterprise desk of a new generation bank, to source for the sum of $ 160,000 ( One Hundred and Sixty Thousand Dollars), which he needed to import goods from China within a week.Agbabiaka further alleged that he transferred the money in installments of N47, 250,000.00 on August 22, 2016 and N3,150,000.00 on August 26, 2016 respectively to the GT Bank account number 0001058690 of the suspect.The suspect, however, allegedly reneged on the agreement and also became elusive after receiving the money.The suspect pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to him.In view of his plea, the prosecution counsel, Mustapha Aliyu, asked the court for a trial date and prayed that the suspect be remanded in prison custody.The defence counsel, however, pleaded with the court to grant his client bail.Consequently, Justice Nwaka ordered the suspect to be remanded in Ikoyi Prisons.The case was adjourned to November 15, 2017 for consideration of bail application.

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