Monday 25th Oct.2021: Sokoto State governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has appealed to the Federal Government to restore telecom services in areas experiencing banditry in the state.
The Governor made the call at the weekend while receiving the governors of Borno and Gombe states, Babagana Zulum and Muhammad Yahaya, who represented governors of the Northeast geopolitical zone in a condolence visit to the state over the recent markets attacks by bandits that left more than 40 people dead.
He said the decision was taken at the enlarged security meeting in the state.
“The call for the rescinding of the blockade became necessary in view of concerns expressed by security outfits in the state that the outage was affecting the smooth conduct of their works. We have already forwarded a letter to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy to review the telecoms blockade,” he said.
This is as reports emerged that bandits in Zamfara State were evading the telecommunication blackout in many parts of the state to reach out to families of two graduates abducted en route to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp in Kebbi State.
