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...

POLICE ARRESTS ENUGU 'BIG BOYS' THAT USE FAKE ALERTS TO PURCHASE ITEMS WORTH MILLIONS.(PHOTO).


Police Arrest Enugu ‘Big Boys’ That Use Fake Alerts To Purchase Items Worth Millions 

June 27, 2023

Police Detectives serving in the Anti-Robbery Section of the Enugu State Criminal Investigation Department, CID, have arrested one Mmesoma Linus (a.k.a Silver Money) aged 26, for using fake alerts to purchase goods worth millions.

Parading the suspect at the command headquarters on Monday, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe said Mmesoma was arrested on 23rd of May, 2023 at Independence layout.

Ndukwe said the suspect who has been on the watch list of the Command, on the 28th of November, 2021, “issued a fake credit alert of N3,530,000.00 to an unsuspecting timber dealer (names withheld) in Nsukka Timber Market.

“On the said day, after pretending to buy woods from the victim, Mmesoma sent the fake credit sum and deceived the seller to give him its cash equivalent, which he immediately made away with.

The suspect confessed to the crime, while a video clip intercepted in the course of the ongoing discreet investigation, shows him spraying cash, which is reasonably suspected to be proceed of his criminal activities, in a nightclub.

Similarly, the same Police Detectives, on the 14th of May, 2023, arrested one Onyeanaso Ekene aged 25, of Egbona Street, Topland Enugu, for using the same technique of fake alert to buy electronics worth N1,500,000.00 on March 3rd, 2023 by 2pm, from an Electronic Shop at Ziks Avenue Enugu.

The items carted away after the fake alert include: one 1.5 Horse Power Royal Split Unit Air Conditioner, one Hisense 55 LED Smart TV, One 43 LG Smart TV, one Hisense Refrigerator, one yellow-coloured Sumec Firman Generator, one LG Sound Bar system and two pieces of TV power-surge

Ndukwe further stated that two of the items; Hisense TV and Royal Air Conditioner, have been recovered, while discreet investigation is ongoing to further arrest their cohorts and recover other items.

The suspects will be arraigned in court and prosecuted accordingly, once investigation into the cases are concluded.



 

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