Criminal cartels plunder telco towers across 14 states

Businessday | 10-04-2026 03:40pm |

Criminal networks have turned Nigeria’s telecom towers into open-air warehouses for theft, looting 656 critical power assets across 14 states in 2025 alone and keeping up the pace in early 2026. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) data showed the haul included 152 generators and 504 batteries stolen from mobile sites last year. At the same

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