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 DOCKS MAN OVER FAKE $492,000 NOTES YESTERDAY.{PHOTOS}.

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       The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, May 7, 2018 arraigned one Samson Otuedon before Justice P. H. Mallong of the Federal High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State, on one count charge of currency counterfeiting. 
Otuedon was arrested by the EFCC on April 7, 2018 following an intelligence report on the activities of a syndicate of fraudsters duping unsuspecting victims in the Masaka, Karu Local Government Area of the State. Upon arrest, over $400,000 (Four Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) was recovered.
The count reads: 
“That you, Samson Otuedon, on or about the 7th day of April, 2018 at Riverside Masaka, Nasarawa State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court had in your possession 4,921 pieces of US $100 denominated bills totaling $492.100 (Four Hundred and Ninety Two Thousand, One Hundred United States Dollars) knowing them to be counterfeits and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 5(1)(b) and punishable under Section 5(2) of the counterfeit currency (Special Provisions) Acts, Cap C35,vol 4, Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2004”. 
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge. 
In view of his plea, Elizabeth Alabi, counsel to the EFCC, asked the court to fix a date for hearing and for the remand of the defendant in Lafia prison custody pending trial. But, Pereboh Sanami, representing the defendant, informed the court of a pending application dated May 4, 2018, praying the court to admit the defendant to bail. Justice Mallong adjourned to May 14, 2018 for hearing on the bail application and ordered that the defendant be remanded in Lafia prison custody.One more photo below.
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