MTN has reported criminal damage to its
fibre optic cable network in at least seven different locations across the
country. All the fibre cuts happened within five minutes intervals, leading the
company’s officials to suspect a coordinated attack.
MTN Corporate Services
Executive, Mr. Wale Goodluck, in a statement in Lagos, said the company’s
engineers were already battling to restore service quality to acceptable levels
following the massive attack on the company’s extensive fibre network.
According to him, the fibre
network was violated in seven locations namely, between Port Harcourt and Eket,
Kano and Zaria, Abuja and Akwanga, Asaba
and Owerri, Ahoada and Port Harcourt, Benin and Owo and finally, between Ikeji and
Owo.
“To put matters in perspective, MTN on average suffers more than
70 fibre cuts in various locations across the country every month, but this is
most unusual in terms of the spread and the coordination. It is almost as if it
is a deliberate act targeted at disrupting service delivery” said Goodluck.
He said the company had already notified security operatives of
the development and would avail them of all necessary cooperation to track
those responsible for the act.
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