Six MTN Nigeria employees have been killed by four gunmen as they were carrying out maintenance work on a base station in the South-East of the country. According to an MTN spokesperson, the four gunmen approached the base station, which was being maintained by a team including an Ericsson contractor and wanted to steal the vehicles used by the staff.
When the staff couldn't hand over the necessary keys as the key holder had left to use a toilet, the gunmen opened fire killing everyone inside the base station hut as well as the rigger on the tower outside. The Ericsson engineer and his driver hid behind the RBS units in the site and survived the assault.
Notified by the noise, local military men raced to the scene and scared off the gunmen before they could steal the vehicles or find the survivors of their attack.
Five of the men died on the spot, while one died later in hospital. Three men survived the attack.
The President of the Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria, ATCON, Engr Titi Omo-Ettu called on the government to step up security efforts. "We invite attention of Federal Government to this murders and kidnappings which is now blatantly portraying Government as helpless. The essence of governance is now appearing to be meaningless while living and investing in our country may be becoming anathema to all peoples of the world."
Despite the fact that there have been incidences of this kind in the past, Omo-Ettu stressed that this is one murder too callous to be regarded as one of the usual stories.
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