Series of bombings early this morning in some North Eastern states of Nigeria have reduced more than 25 base stations to rubbles, Association of Licensed Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (Alton) has said.
Suspicion is likely to fall on Islamist sect Boko Haram, which is waging a bloody insurgency against Christians and is seeking to carve out an Islamic state in the north.
Engr. Gbenga Adebayo, chairman of Alton decried the unwarranted attacks and warned that it would affect the quality of service provisioning.
Although the Islamist sect has not given reasons for the bombings, the attacks may not be unconnected with the previous threats by the group to force telecom operators out of the north for aiding security agencies to track them down.
Today’s cell phones are far more than simple communications and personal entertainment devices.
Thanks to the so- called “pinging” technology, in which cellphones are constantly communicating with the network towers around them, cellphones also leave a trail that law enforcement can use to track criminals, and emergency rescue teams can use to find people who are missing.
In fact, mobile phone carriers can typically pinpoint the location of a phone within several hundred yards simply from the pings from a cellphone.