Barring of phone line: Angry mob vandalises telco’s office in Abuja and Lagos

A portion of the Festac Town, Lagos, property owned by mobile phone network operator MTN was vandalised by a crowd on Monday.

Reports state that the network provider banned their SIM cards yesterday, which set off their actions.

Customers of MTN were seen demonstrating against their SIM blockade in a video that Opinion Nigeria was able to obtain.

Then, some young people were observed damaging a portion of the Festac Town MTN office.

Also, hundreds of customers of MTN in Osun State embarked on a protest around Dada Estate housing the service provider’s head office in the state.

Many of the protesters claimed to have arrived at the office at 6 a.m., with a view to unblocking their SIM cards which the network providers blocked due to NIN inconsistency.

The protesters also blocked the Osogbo-Iwo Road leading to the Oke-Fia area of the state capital, thereby disrupting traffic and creating gridlock in the area.

The customers, consisting of old men, women, pregnant women and others, including civil servants appeared visibly angry over the refusal to be attended to by the workers in the office.