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...

PARENTS OF KANO ABDUCTED CHILDREN APPEAL FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION TO CURTAIL KIDNAPPING. (PHOTO).


Parents of Kano Abducted Children Appeal for Establishment of  Commission to Curtail Kidnapping 

Parents of missing children in Kano state, have called on the  state government to set up a commission, that  would ensure speedy investigation and release of their children.

The chairman of the group Comrade Isma'il Ibrahim Muhammad made the call in Kano.

According to him , their children are still under the custody of a criminal  syndicate, who specialised in abducting and selling under aged children.

Comrade Isma'il explained that , a syndicate specialised in kidnapping young children from Kano to the  Southern part of the country, rename, convert  and sell them to others.

He stressed that, over six hundred children were abducted in the last few years, and only 18 have so far been reunited with their families.

The chairman pointed out  that,  the affected families and their relations were undergoing extreme trauma courtesy of the abduction of their loved ones by the criminals. 

The affected parents under the umbrella of the Protection Against the Abduction/Missing of Our Children, who spoke to Radio Nigeria demanded for thorough investigation into the matter.

Recall that,in 2019 Kano police command arrested a syndicate alleged to have abducted over 40 children from neighborhoods such as Walalambe, Walawai, Hotoro, Kawo and Tishama, all in Nassarawa local government, as well as Rimin Kebe and Dakata in Ungogo local government areas of Kano state.

Last week Kano state governor Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, reunited not more that seven children with their parents, who were abducted from Bauchi and sold in Lagos and Anambra states.

Radio Nigeria reports that,the seven children were recoverd from  nine suspects, apprehended by the Kano State Police Command, at Mariri Motor Park in Kano while en route to Lagos.



 

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