The government of Kaduna State has said it has asked telecommunications firms to suspend their services in the state from September 30, towards checking the activities of bandits, according to SaharaReporters.
The State’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.
Aruwan said the use of motorcycles for transport services and the sale of petrol in jerrycans have also been suspended across the state.
The latest development in Kaduna followed that of Zamfara, where all parts of the state are affected; Katsina State where 13 local government areas are affected and Sokoto State, where 14 LGAs are affected.
The governments of the three North-west states announced the suspension of telecommunications networks and banned weekly markets and sale of petrol in jerry cans, among other drastic measures to check the activities of bandits.
Aruwan said the Kaduna State Government has formally requested the Nigerian government to enforce the shutdown of telecoms services in parts of the state identified by security agencies as requiring such measures.
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He said other security measures earlier announced by the state government remain in place and urged the residents to comply with the directives.
The state government had earlier said it had no plan to shut down telecoms networks despite the spike in crimes.
The statement read, “I am here to inform you of, and to formally announce the implementation of certain measures to assist the security agencies in parts of the state. You will recall that Governor Nasir El-Rufai announced in a media chat yesterday (28th September 2021) that the state government has formally requested the Federal Government to enforce the shutdown of telecom services in parts of the state identified by security agencies as requiring such measures.”
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