Kaduna Set To Shut Down Telecom Services In Some LGAs

The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has requested residents to arrange for a shutdown of telecommunication companies as safety operatives put together to launch offensives in opposition to bandits terrorizing elements of the state.

The governor made the announcement on Tuesday in a chat with some radio stations.

Based on him, some elements of the state wouldn’t be affected, saying solely the native governments dealing with unrest birthed by incessant assaults by the bloodthirsty bandits can be affected.

The transfer would cripple communications within the affected areas as cellphone calls and web looking might be stopped.

He stated, “Now we have been suggested by the navy and different safety businesses to close down telecommunication companies in sure LGAs however we’re ready for the safety businesses to inform us which particular areas and when.

“However I would like the folks of Kaduna State to know that if they provide us the go-ahead tomorrow [Wednesday], we are going to shut down tomorrow.”

DAILY POST recollects that some states together with Zamfara had lately recorded successes within the battle against insurgents after shutting down the companies.

Residents of the state had resorted to outdated technique of communication together with letter-writing and city crying as a result of unavailability of the telecommunication companies.