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...

OGUN POLICE ARREST SUSPECT WHO EFFORTS MONEY FROM RESIDENTS BY CLAIMING HE WAS PAID TO KIDNAP AND KILL THEM. (PHOTO).

 


The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a hoodlum identified simply as Gabriel, who had been threatening residents of the Ogbere area with abduction and assassination to extort money from them. 


According to punch , the suspect was arrested on July 17, 2024, while attempting to withdraw money sent to him by one of the victims at a Point-of-Sale operator’s shop in the community.


A police officer who was privy to the incident said that a resident, identified only as Helen Orube, reported to the Ogbere Police Division that she had received a call from an unknown person named Promise.


The caller informed Orube that someone had paid him to abduct and kill her unless she transferred a specified amount of money to a particular account number


“She received a call from a man who identified himself to her as Promise on July 13, 2024. The suspect told her on the phone that he had been paid to abduct and kidnap her. Orube became frightened after receiving the call,” the police officer explained.


“While pleading with the suspect on the phone, Promise told her that the only way she could escape being kidnapped and k!lled was if she was willing to pay more than what the person who sent him was paying him. She sent the money to the account number that he provided.”

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