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...

WOMAN ARRESTED FOR ABDUCTING 3-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN MINNA, CLAIMS SHE GOT CONTRACT OF N530,000 PROCURE A FEMALE CHILD. (PHOTO)



Woman arrested for abducting 3-year-old girl in Minna, claims she got contract of N530,000 to procure a female child.


Operatives of the Niger State Police Command have arrested a woman, Mrs. Blessing Jeremiah, for abducting a 3-year-old girl in Minna.


Spokesperson of the command, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, November 10, 2023, said the 51-year-old woman stole the child identified as Rahanat Abubakar, from a compound in Tudun-Natsira area of Minna. 


According to the PPRO, the woman was apprehended at a luxurious bus park while attempting to board a vehicle with the child. 


During interrogation, she claimed that one Mama Ejima contracted her to get a female child at the rate of N530,000. 


“On 25/10/2023 at about 1930hrs, one Mrs. Blessing Jeremiah 51yrs of Keteren-Gwari, Minna was seen at luxurious bus park around Maitumbi bye-pass Minna, in an attempt to board a bus to travel with a 3yr old girl suspected to have been abducted,” the statement read.


“Police operatives attached to Tudun-Wada Div were immediately drafted to the park and arrested the suspect with the girl child. 


“During interrogation, she confessed that she took the child named Rahanat Abubakar from a compound in Tudun-Natsira area of Minna on the same date at about 1800hrs.


“She claimed that she intended to take the child to one Mrs. Ejima at Nnewi, Anambra State who contracted her to get a female child for her at the rate of five hundred and thirty thousand naira, while a sum of two hundred and thirty thousand naira was recovered from the suspect.


“However, the girl child has been reunited with her family, case is under investigation at SCID Minna as effort is ongoing to apprehend the said Mrs. Ejima.”

 

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