In this two-part report, SOLOMON ODENIYI writes on the ordeals of some communities in the Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna. He finds out that the communities are without telecommunication coverage and bandits have capitalised on this to unleash mayhem on the residents at will
And with the 2019 World Bank assessment of the sector, where it stated that Nigeria is capturing only a fraction of its digital economic potential, this implies that there must be strategic investments to ensure the 25 communities and others are covered for the country to realise its full potential.
The Kaduna Police spokesperson, Mohammed Jalige did not also pick up his calls and was yet to respond to a message sent to him on the efforts of the force to secure the communities.A security expert, Timothy Avele said the communities’ inability to quickly communicate among themselves and with the law enforcement agencies in the area would continue to make residents vulnerable to criminals.
Avele said, “Alternatively, why don’t they use long-distance radio . All the communities could contribute to having one improvised base station, repeater, and several radios. This will be linked automatically to key security agencies and even the government if they’re serious. He also urged the communities to adopt the Buffalo counter-offensive technique to protect themselves but warned that without effective communication among the communities, this may be counterproductive.
“It’s also good for them to do preventive self-defence by learning counter surveillance and basic protective intelligence operations. But all these will amount to nothing if no active communication and reporting mechanism is in place as discussed above. “
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