A Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the suspension of operating licence of DAAR Communications Plc by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC).
The Court granted an Experte-Parte Order for the maintenance of status quo and asked the National Broadcasting Corporation to show cause why the prayers in the applicant’s motion should not be granted.”
DAAR Communications had, in the reliefs sought to restrain the respondents from interfering with its operations pending the determination of the motion on notice for interlocutory injunctions.
The Court ordered the respondents – NBC, FMIC, AGF – “to appear in court on the next date to show cause why the prayers in the applicant’s motion should not be granted.”
Justice Ekwo adjourned further proceedings till June 13, 2019.
Rootstv had reported how the suspension of the company’s licence by NBC was greeted with condemnations and others justified the action.