Telecommunication services have been restored in Borno State, the hotbed of the Boko Haram insurgency.
The
Federal Government suspended all GSM services in the state since May
following the declaration of a State of Emergency there.
Satellite
phones, which were becoming popular among middle class and rich
residents, were also banned by security forces, who used the telephone
black-out as a tactic to limit communication among members of the
insurgents.
Two other states where emergency rule was declared,
Adamawa and Yobe, had their telephone services restored earlier in the
month.
The defence headquarters spokesperson, Chris Olukolade,
told Reuters that the telephone services were restored “in reaction to
the improved security situation and to relax the environment and ease
tensions,
SOURCE: PREMIUM TIMES
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