Court orders NCC and Telecommunication companies to pay APC N500m for Shutdown of Campaign
The All Progressives Congress has won a N500million lawsuit against the Nigerian Communications Commission and five other telecommunication companies.
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday, ordered the Commission and five other telecommunication companies to pay the opposition party N500m for unlawfully shutting down the party’s presidential campaign fund-raising platform.
The presiding judge, Justice Ibrahim Buba ordered Etisalat, MTN Nigeria Limited, Globacom Limited, Airtel Nigeria Limited and Visafone Communications Limited to pay the fee as a restitution of their unlawful boycott of APC’s campaign in accordance with NCC’s order.
