I bought a blackberry phone in computer village in lagos with the believe it was london used,i am using it in warri but now i am getting friends request on BBM,trying to cajole me with different tricks,my believe now is maybe the phone was stolen,pls quality advice.

Pls ur reply,pls

yep, its a stolen blackberry. most of the second hand BBs being sold anywhere in naija are stolen.

if you didn't pay a lot for it, you can return it to the owner and tell him or her to re-imburse you if he or she will agree

I bought it 20k,its quite a large sum,what if the person refuse to reimburse me?

Tonyblinky: I bought it 20k,its quite a large sum,what if the person refuse to reimburse me?

i understand what you mean...Nigerians are too emotional about things and we tend not to think things through properly at times.

all that said, you can still make the effort to reach out to the owner once you are able to identify the person and see how he/she reacts.

my BB was stolen in January and not long after the PIN became active again. i have kept the user as a contact on BBM and i've not hinted him that the BB is mine

Just do what you can as a responsible person and let posterity take care of the rest

sorry man. just return the phone cos when you are caught its a different story...

Thanks for ur advice,i 'ld try and know if actually it was stolen,if the person isnt cooperating,i 'ld simply do away with BBM.