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...
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ALLEGED N4BN FRAUD: EFCC DECRIES OBIANO'S DELAY TACTICS. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE

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 Alleged N4bn Fraud: EFCC Decries Obiano’s Delay Tactics


Lead prosecution counsel in the trial of Willie Obiano , former governor of Anambra state,  Sylvanus Tahir, SAN,  on Thursday, March 7, 2024, accused the defence team of Obiano of allegedly evading prosecution’s service of a counter-affidavit.


Obiano is facing trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a nine-count charge of embezzlement and money laundering to the tune of N4 billion before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.


 At Thursday’s session, Tahir told the court  that the prosecution fruitlessly knocked at the gate of the chambers of the lead defence counsel,  Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN,  that was placed under lock and key, with no access in a bid  to serve him a motion on notice in good time as ordered by the court at its Monday, March 4, 2024 sitting.


 “My Lord, you will recall that on Monday, March 4, 2024,  when this matter was mentioned for hearing, the complainant was served with a motion on notice, which was intended to challenge this suit before this honorable court, but the honorable court directed that we should file our response latest yesterday Wednesday, March 6. And we complied. My people went to the office of the lead senior counsel in this matter to serve the process, but their gate was closed, and they did not attend to us.


Narrating the situation further,  Tahir said that,  “I personally called him, lead counsel,  and he responded that he was at the tribunal and I told him that my 

people were in his office to serve him. I also called another counsel in that chamber to inform him that there were people in his office to serve him and he said he was going to get back to me but he didn’t get back, eventually”.


“Since there was nobody to open the gate for us to serve them, it was this morning that we served them and we are ready for the hearing,” he said.


Standing for the defence, Patrick Ikweto, SAN, did not counter the accusation.  


He admitted that the prosecution  only served his team its counter-affidavit 

Thursday morning and prayed the court for adjournment to enable his team to respond adequately.

Ikpeazu had on March 4, filed a motion challenging the jurisdiction of Justice Ekwo’s court to entertain Obiano’s trial. 


The twist made the prosecution ask for time to respond appropriately with a counter-motion. The judge slated the hearing of the prosecution's motion for Thursday which could not be held as the defence ensured that it was not served in good time.

 Justice Ekwo frowned at the slow progress of the case and fixed March 13, 2024 for the final hearing of Obiano’s motion on jurisdiction.

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