Ericsson Nigeria has admitted that a contract employee working with it was actually responsible for the Radio Biafra transmitter installed on an MTN mast in Enugu.
In a statement signed by its Managing Director, Johan Jemdahl, the firm said it had confiscated the transmitter and had notified the authorities.

The statement reads: “[b]Illegal FM transmitting equipment was discovered connected to an outsourced MTN mast, managed by Ericsson, in Enugu in Eastern Nigeria. The equipment was immediately confiscated and the authorities were notified. A contractor to Ericsson has subsequently been taken into police custody after his involvement was discovered. He has been discharged from his contracted responsibilities with Ericsson.

“Ericsson views this incident in an extremely serious light. It is the result of a violation of its process that permits access to its mast sites. As a result, Ericsson has initiated immediate action to foil any similar attempts. All mast sites in Enugu and Port Harcourt regions have been audited while FM scanning was conducted. Critical attention was given to all high masts and sites located in mountainous areas, i.e. locations attractive for illegal activities. In addition, the Site Access Process will be reviewed for all employees and third parties.

"We sincerely regret the unfortunate incident, which violates our code of business ethics and code of conduct, contracted responsibilities as well as our company’s values.”[/b]

An MTN source had disclosed that the engineer, David Nwawuisi, “was able to install the transmitters because he worked with Ericsson Nigeria Limited, one of the companies to which the telecommunications firm outsources the maintenance of its base stations.”

MTN owns 12,000 base stations across the country, and Huawei, a Chinese networking and manufacturer of telecommunications equipment, is the other company that is responsible for the maintenance of these base stations.

However, Nwawuisi, who is currently standing trial with the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, is a field maintenance engineer with the Swedish technology company.

The MTN source, who did not wish to be mentioned, said Nwawuisi’s role was to grant access to IPOB engineers to mount the transmitters on MTN’s masts under his care.
“The transmitters, which were used in boosting the signals of Radio Biafra allegedly transmitted from London, the United Kingdom, were discovered by the security agencies on MTN masts in Enugu and Anambra states,” one of the sources said.

According to him, the second suspect, Benjamin Madubugwu, helped with the installation of the transmitters in Anambra State, also in concert with IPOB engineers.

Both men were contacted by Chidibere Onwudiwe, a suspected IPOB member, for the job, according to court papers filed by the Federal Government.

https://www.today.ng/tech/59292/ericsson-confiscates-radio-biafra-transmitter-on-mtn-mast

No sane human being would want to be identified with biafra. Dilector couldnt come to Nigeria with his passport nor book hotel with his name, even their transmitters are illegally mounted on mtn masts. Everything about them is scam

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Are IPOB engineers this advanced, my thoughts are that if IPOB have this level of advanced engineering then Nigeria is really playing with a more complex and intriguing situation

Thats not bad anyway;




Abeg anybody wey help me see president Buhari, make em help me tell am say alert never show uptil now.

And d same radio still playing around enugu state. Nawa ooo

Well, enof space in the DSS detention centers. And incase you're not sure yet, nobody is gonna secure their freedom. Treason they av chosen to commit, and so shall they be charged with.

So loving this!

asorocker:
Are IPOB engineers this advanced, my thoughts are that if IPOB have this level of advanced engineering then Nigeria is really playing with a more complex and intriguing situation

The technology in the fixing of transmission equipment on a telecommunication mast is not advanced beyond Nigerian engineers.

Did they manufacture the technology?

asorocker:
Are IPOB engineers this advanced, my thoughts are that if IPOB have this level of advanced engineering then Nigeria is really playing with a more complex and intriguing situation

Did you really read the article

Something was illegally anchored on an already existing transmitter & you are fooling yourself about advanced engineering!!

This is not about substandard shoes or aluminium bowl TV antenna ooo!!!

That guy in FG's tubu did a fantastic zombie coding on a lot of watered down brains for real!!

Ericsson Nigeria has admitted that a contract employee working with it was actually responsible for the Radio Biafra transmitter installed on an MTN mast in Enugu.

The statement reads: “Illegal FM transmitting equipment was discovered connected to an outsourced MTN mast, managed by Ericsson, in Enugu in Eastern Nigeria. The equipment was immediately confiscated and the authorities were notified. A contractor to Ericsson has subsequently been taken into police custody after his involvement was discovered. He has been discharged from his contracted responsibilities with Ericsson.

By the way, the Saboteur is in police custody! & he is gonna be there for a minute like dilector!!

chaloner:
And d same radio still playing around enugu state. Nawa ooo

It's Obvious that this APC Govt are just bunch of Liars.

Tolexander:
The technology in the fixing of transmission equipment on a telecommunication mask is not advance beyond Nigerian engineers.

Did they manufacture the technology?

Fixing the transmitter to the mast is one thing and linking the transmitter wirelessly to the broadcast station in London and elsewhere is another.
And keeping it undetected by NCC until the arrest of Nnamdi kanu is another feat.

If care is not taking these engineers are way advanced than anything Nigeria can muster now.

asorocker:
Are IPOB engineers this advanced, my thoughts are that if IPOB have this level of advanced engineering then Nigeria is really playing with a more complex and intriguing situation

Is that your interpretation of the article?

SMH....


advanced engineering ko, nuclear science ni

Dilector whose real names are - Nwannekaenyi Nnamdi Ngozichukwu Okwukanu- don buy market

so this was the high tech superiority biafrats were making noise about? biafrats are thieves and holigans.

By rest assured that ALL personnel involved in this illegal act and all manner of laws broken are in serious trouble

asorocker:
Are IPOB engineers this advanced, my thoughts are that if IPOB have this level of advanced engineering then Nigeria is really playing with a more complex and intriguing situation

dude, there's nothing advanced in fixing a transmitter on a mast. Any roadside technician can do it.

asorocker:


Fixing the transmitter to the mast is one thing and linking the transmitter wirelessly to the broadcast station in London and elsewhere is another.
And keeping it undetected by NCC until the arrest of Nnamdi kanu is another feat.

If care is not taking these engineers are way advanced than anything Nigeria can muster now.

you don't really understand the technology behind.

Multichoice transmission is from where, Nigeria?

modath:


Did you really read the article

Something was illegally anchored on a existing transmitter & you are foooling yourself about advanced engineering!!

Thank you Jare. People just read without understanding.

shachris02:


dude, there's nothing advanced in fixing a transmitter on a mast. Any roadside technician can do it.

Fixing the equipment is not the issue but fixing it and keeping it undetected for a very long time while NCC was busy combing the Bush for a long time without tracing it. And also routing the signals from London to the transmitter. Presently no Nigerian engineering can do that.

asorocker:


Fixing the transmitter to the mast is one thing and linking the transmitter wirelessly to the broadcast station in London and elsewhere is another.
And keeping it undetected by NCC until the arrest of Nnamdi kanu is another feat.

If care is not taking these engineers are way advanced than anything Nigeria can muster now.

stop beating our chest carelessly. It's a DIY transmitter like your common PBS transmitter. You fix it, switch it on and it boosts the signal from a nearby mini radio station.

It was up in the air, disguised as an MTN transmitter so NBC might have mistook the signals as one coming from MTN. He didn't build the transmitter. He just installed it dude.

asorocker:


Fixing the transmitter to the mast is one thing and linking the transmitter wirelessly to the broadcast station in London and elsewhere is another.
And keeping it undetected by NCC until the arrest of Nnamdi kanu is another feat.

If care is not taking these engineers are way advanced than anything Nigeria can muster now.

Lmfao. Your ignorance is sexy. E be like say your DSTV no dey show foreign station. Maybe na whiteman connect am.

asorocker:

... while NCC was busy combing the Bush

Signal don turn bush meat.

baralatie:
By rest assured that ALL personnel involved in this illegal act and all manner of laws broken are in serious trouble

That they can do it undetected by NCC for months makes Nigeria to be in more serious problems.
Do I need to tell you that more of such kind of connections can be present without being detected

asorocker:

Fixing the equipment is not the issue but fixing it and keeping it undetected for a very long time while NCC was busy combing the Bush for a long time without tracing it. And also routing the signals from London to the transmitter. Presently no Nigerian engineering can do that.

Nobody is routing any signal from london. They radio broadcast is download using a high speed internet then boost to the transmitter which then trans-pond it to mini transmitters in some IPOB homes where they are re-boosted.

asorocker:
Are IPOB engineers this advanced, my thoughts are that if IPOB have this level of advanced engineering then Nigeria is really playing with a more complex and intriguing situation

stop inflating your silly importance.

Radio biafra is finally going down. Biafrans can now listen to radio Nigeria.

IPOB and bia#fr*@ seems to come with a lot of criminality.

I just wonder How some people intend to build a whole country on a foundation of illegality and criminality.

President Buhari mentioned that though the man, Kanu has two passports, he used a fake one to enter the country.

criminals!!

for those thinking he will be released, you are on a long thing.

asorocker:


That they can do it undetected by NCC for months makes Nigeria to be in more serious problems.
Do I need to tell you that more of such kind of connections can be present without being detected

Who told you that an accomplice in the NCC is not ruled out!
And what does that put the image of a KANU accomplices(outright law breakers with no regard------mehn they are in serious trouble)

Crooks and rogues,biafrans are just putting law-abiding igbos in bad light?...why?

shachris02:


stop beating our chest carelessly. It's a DIY transmitter like your common PBS transmitter. You fix it, switch it on and it boosts the signal from a nearby mini radio station.

It was up in the air, disguised as an MTN transmitter so NBC might have mistook the signals as one coming from MTN. He didn't build the transmitter. He just installed it dude.

This is no longer about chest beating this is security being discussed.

If ncc doesn't have the equipment to easily detect this then Nigeria is gone.
Because Ipob can as well host it elsewhere and camouflage it.
Have you considered how he was able to route the signals from his broadcast station in London to the transmitter.
Is it possible to convert the signals from London via a receiver mounted on the transmitter and retransmit without ncc being able to block the reception.

There is a possibility of Ipob engineering being advanced is my point, more advanced than what Nigerian engineering can do or detect.

asorocker:


This is no longer about chest beating this is security being discussed.

If ncc doesn't have the equipment to easily detect this then Nigeria is gone.
Because Ipob can as well host it elsewhere and camouflage it.
Have you considered how he was able to route the signals from his broadcast station in London to the transmitter.
Is it possible to convert the signals from London via a receiver mounted on the transmitter and retransmit without ncc being able to block the reception.

There is a possibility of Ipob engineering being advanced is my point, more advanced than what Nigerian engineering can do or detect.

dude, even you can download the broadcast with your MTN modem.

bloodyBLOGGER:
stop inflating your silly importance.

Radio biafra is finally going down. Biafrans can now listen to radio Nigeria.

I will not support Ipob or massob, all I am saying is that there is a possibility this people have far more advanced engineering than Nigeria

asorocker:

Fixing the equipment is not the issue but fixing it and keeping it undetected for a very long time while NCC was busy combing the Bush for a long time without tracing it. And also routing the signals from London to the transmitter. Presently no Nigerian engineering can do that.

hehehehehehehehe, hahahahaha.

dude you are so hilarious. are you into stand-up comedy?

if not maybe you try your hand on sit-down comedy.

oh my, oh my.