Kaduna plans shutdown telecoms services to tackle banditry.

The Kaduna State government has established that is has plans to shut down telecommunication services in some parts of the state as part of the security measures to tackle the security challenges going on in the state.

This was made known shortly after the government shut down all telecommunication activities in Zamfara state to fight banditry and other forms of insecurity in the state, according to ChannelsTV.

This was disclosed by the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai,’ during a media chat with some local radio stations in the state on Wednesday. El-Rufai said that the planned shutdown of telecommunication services is due to the plan by security agencies to launch a massive attack on bandits taking refuge in some parts of the state.

El-Rufai expanciated that the shutdown which was advised by the military and other security forces, would not cover the whole state, but some local government areas as led by the military.

He, however, did not state the local government areas that would be affected, saying it would only affect local government areas bordering the troubled Zamfara and Katsina states.