{"id":14304,"date":"2012-09-06T03:48:58","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T01:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/gunmen-destroy-mobile-phone-masts-in-north-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2012-09-06T03:48:58","modified_gmt":"2012-09-06T01:48:58","slug":"gunmen-destroy-mobile-phone-masts-in-north-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/gunmen-destroy-mobile-phone-masts-in-north-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen destroy mobile phone masts in north Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Several masts destroyed in Kano and Maiduguri<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Islamist group suspected<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">KANO\/MAIDUGURI, Sept 5<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; Gunmen in northern<br \/>\nNigeria attacked and damaged several mobile phone masts on<br \/>\nWednesday, including those belonging to MTN and Airtel<br \/>\n, security sources and one of the companies told<br \/>\nReuters.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The attacks occurred in the northern Nigerian cities of Kano<br \/>\nand Maiduguri, where Islamists are waging a low-level insurgency<br \/>\nagainst President Goodluck Jonathan&#8217;s government.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In Maiduguri, Islamist group Boko Haram&#8217;s home base in the<br \/>\nfar northeast, a Reuters reporter saw 10 masts burned to the<br \/>\nground on Wednesday morning and local residents complained there<br \/>\nwas no mobile telephone reception.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In Kano, Nigeria&#8217;s second largest city, men on motorbikes<br \/>\ndestroyed MTN and Airtel mobile phone masts in the early hours<br \/>\nof Wednesday, a policeman told Reuters, asking not to be named.<br \/>\nHe said Boko Haram was suspected to be behind the attack.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It was not clear if Boko Haram, which has killed hundreds<br \/>\nthis year in the largely-Muslim north, was involved. The sect<br \/>\nusually attacks government, security or sectarian targets.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sources close to the sect said Boko Haram members have in<br \/>\nthe past been concerned they may be traced through mobile<br \/>\nphones.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We confirm that like all the other major telcos, some of<br \/>\nMTN&#8217;s installations in northern Nigeria have been damaged by<br \/>\nunknown persons,&#8221; spokeswoman Funmilayo Omogbenigun said.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Several masts destroyed in Kano and Maiduguri * Islamist group suspected KANO\/MAIDUGURI, Sept 5 (Reuters) &#8211; Gunmen in northern Nigeria attacked and damaged several mobile phone masts on Wednesday, including those belonging to MTN and Airtel , security sources and one of the companies told Reuters. 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