By Nurat Uthman
Thousands of MTN users besieged the company’s Idi-Ape office in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, on Monday, protesting the sudden blockage of their Subscriber Identification Modules.
The situation intensified when the telecom company blocked users’ phone numbers due to NIN-SIM linkage issues without prior warning.
MTN SIM blockage: Subscribers besiege Idi-Ape’s office in Ibadan on Monday.
Trending videos circulating online show crowds of frustrated customers sending MTN staff members home in response to the disruption.
A tweet by Oyo Affairs, using the @Oyoaffairs handle, showed thousands stranded at the Idi-Ape office.
Ogbeni Adefila (@OgbeniHadephila) commented, “If you are concerned about your SIM block, protest is never a remedy. Get yourselves together as an entity and take up a Class Action against the service providers. Sue them and get right.”
Another MTN SIM user, OluwaLoba (@iamtobzz), lamented, “This Idi-Ape MTN office is choked o.
