Sokoto state government written to Nigerian government to suspend the blockade of telecommunications services earlier imposed on 14 local government areas of the state.
The decision followed an enlarged security council meeting on the fallout of bandits attack on Goronyo market that left 43 people dead last week.
The state governor, Aminu Tambuwal disclosed this when he received the North-East Governors Forum (NEGF) represented by governors of Borno and Gombe states, Babagana Zulum and Muhammad Yahaya, who paid condolence visit to the state on Saturday.
According to Tambuwal, the call for the reversal of the blockade became necessary in view of concerns expressed by security outfits in the state that the outage was affecting the smooth conduct of their operations.
He said the state government has already forwarded a letter to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy to review the internet blockade.
