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...

SUSPECTED PHONE THIEF SET ABLAZE IN CALABAR. (PHOTO).



Suspected phone thief set ablaze in Calabar 

10 April 2023 

A 22 years old boy simply identified as Eyo, has been set ablaze by an angry mob at Esu street off Edim Otop street , Atimbo , Calabar Municipality LGA of Cross River state.

An eyewitness who pleaded anonymity said that Eyo stole the android phone yesterday evening and vanished only to resurface Sunday morning to meet his waterloo.

According to multiple sources, Eyo who resides around Second transformer, Inyanghasang has been involved in petty stealing for a very long time.

“I have known Eyo from secondary school, he has always been stealing,  there was a time he stole half of the class school fees.

“Even as we grew into our 20s , Eyo  became audacious in stealing and more notorious, he was always caught stealing, this is not the first time they tried to mob him, it’s unfortunate that he got unlucky today.

“They started beating him with cutlass and gave him deep cuts before setting him ablaze, funny enough, it’s just for stealing an android phone,” the source said.

When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer,PPRO,  SP Irene Ugbo who  confirmed the incident to Vanguard said it was unlawful for anyone to take law into their hands .

Ugbo added that the rightful thing to do was the report the suspect to the nearest police station and him over instead of killing him in the most gruesome manner.

“The mob action action against the suspect was illegal, barbaric and highly unacceptable, he should have been handed over to the police,” she said.  


 

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