Nigeria’s military on Wednesday banned the use of satellite phones in much of the restive northeast after cutting mobile phone service, further isolating the area after a series of fresh attacks.

The military claimed in announcing the ban that Islamist extremist group Boko Haram had used satellite phones to plan attacks on schools.

The insurgents have attacked two schools in the northeast this week, leaving at least 16 students and two teachers dead.

“Therefore, effective from 19 June 2013, the (military) imposes a ban on the use and sale of Thuraya phones and accessories, including Thuraya recharge cards in Borno state,” said a statement from Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa.

Thuraya is a popular brand of satellite phones.

“Anyone seen with Thuraya phones, recharge cards and accessories will be arrested,” the statement said.

It was unclear whether the ban would also apply to journalists, who have used satellite phones to communicate when visiting the region, where the military launched a sweeping offensive on May 15.

The announcement applied to Borno state, the hardest hit in the region, and it was unclear if it would be extended.

The military has claimed it has pushed out the insurgents with its offensive, but a series of attacks in recent days have raised questions over whether the gains were only temporary.

On Sunday, suspected Boko Haram gunmen opened fire on a secondary school in Damaturu in Yobe state, killing seven students and two teachers.

Two of the attackers were also killed, said the army.

On Monday in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, suspected Islamists shot dead nine students as they sat an exam in a private school.
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DANG OUR MILITARY IS DUMB.

mikolo80: DANG OUR MILITARY IS DUMB.

U are the DUMBEST

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SLIDE waxie: U are the DUMBEST

bia anybody wey fight ontop of my post go hear am...i break ant rule?

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get thuraya and pickpoint all the users in that region. immediately.

SLIDE waxie: U are the DUMBEST

You are the dumbest! How about not telling them or asking Thuraya to give them accesd to listen to Sat communications originating and terminating in Northeast? Must we alway employ crude tactics in everything?

adconline:
You are the dumbest! How about not telling them or asking Thuraya to give them to listen to Sat communications originating and terminating in Northeast? Must we alway employ crude tactics in everything?

We should use any means possible to stomp out Boko Haram. Even if it means cutting of sat phones.

sambos994:

We should use any means possible to stomp out Boko Haram. Even if it means cutting of sat phones.

U still don't get it. Why discussing your winning strategy with the enemy? If they had Sat phones, they would simply switch off!

Adc is right.

If you know they are using Thuraya sat phones, the best thing to do is to get Thuraya to give you all of Boko Haram's info.

Where they are
Who they are calling
What they are saying
Etc

Banning the phone doesn't help at all, because terrorists won't listen to the ban anyway. Only innocent people will actually stop using their phones. This was a silly move on JTF's part.

bobthebuilder99: Adc is right.

If you know they are using Thuraya sat phones, the best thing to do is to get Thuraya to give you all of Boko Haram's info.

Where they are
Who they are calling
What they are saying
Etc

B[b]anning the phone doesn't help at all, because terrorists won't listen to the ban anyway. Only innocent people will actually stop using their phones. This was a silly move on JTF's part.[/b]

Then, wouldn't it be process of elimination then? The criminals that use the phone would be arrested then.

sambos994:

Then, wouldn't it be process of elimination then? The criminals that use the phone would be arrested then.

What do you think is easier?

Arresting people one by one, IF you find them with a phone.

-or-

Calling Thuraya and demanding info on all the users in Northeast Nigeria.

And you think thuraya will oblige the military just like that?

silat: And you think thuraya will oblige the military just like that?

My thought exactly

C dis boko boys oo, shebi una say NO to education? Watin una come need fone for? Shake my ear for una!

Temismith: C dis boko boys oo, shebi una say NO to education? Watin una come need fone for? Shake my ear for una!

Those guys are just tools for political destabiliazation and uses religion as a cover because only with that can they draw unnecessary sentiment and favour from most muslim from the north.