Let's go back to 1980's when primary school head masters used to go withdraw money for all the teachers, at then criminals usually would kill them and loot entire teachers salaries now that is no longer possible.

We also got to another stage where banks were at criminals mercy. Then they were being robbed in numbers. we also passed that stage.

We entered another stage where thieves was always attacking travellers because some of them business men and women where carrying huge cash. that also passed.

We entered another stage where Militancy was a lucrative business, you can form a group get a top politician who will help you negotiate with government to pay you so that you will drop your gun. That we also won.

Finally we are at a final stage where kidnappers are having their field day just because their phones numbers are not yet linked to their I.D. iam very optimistic that as soon as that is done criminalism will be a thing of the past. Thanks

You these Buharists think you are decieving people but you are only deceiving yourselves !!!! Are all phone numbers not already linked to a complete biometric of each user ? Didn't we spend billions of Naira capturing the face and finger prints of each mobile subcriber? So why do you still need numbers to be linked to ID cards before kidnappers are caught ...are you aware these herdmen kidnappers always use the phones of the victims to negotiate ? Please stop fooling yourself

Finally we are at a final stage where kidnappers are having their field day just because their phones numbers are not yet linked to their I.D. iam very optimistic that as soon as that is done criminalism will be a thing of the past. Thanks

Have you heard of VOIP? Criminals will just switch their mode of operation. You thread doesn't necessarily prove crime is reducing since you didnt talk about rates. All youve shown is the types types of crimes are changing. The real issue is the state isn't tough on crime. They let these criminals run amock the give them amnesty.

When NBS bothers releasing crime stats we can determine if crime is reducing. The stopped tracking the crimes and unemployment stats in 2017. Their stats are shoddy compared to South Africa or US since they dont break it down on per 100k basis. The should also start tracking demographic information aswell in the stats.