Twitter Ban: We’ll Meet In Court, DAAR Communications Tells NBC

DAAR Communications PLC, owners and operators of Africa
Independent Television, Raypower FM and Faaji Radio, has said that
they will go to court to challenge the National Broadcasting
Commission’s stance on the suspension of Twitter announced by the
Federal Government once the strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of
Nigeria is over.

They made this known in a statement issued on Monday, signed by
the management of the media conglomerate.

The statement said the ban by the FG does not represent any law
as contemplated by the National Broadcasting Code.

AIT, Raypower and Faaji Radio have suspended the use of their
Twitter handles but will challenge the NBC directives in court as
soon as judiciary workers suspend their ongoing strike.

Recall that the NBC, in a statement on Monday, directed all
broadcast stations across the nation to suspend their patronage of
Twitter and stop using it as a source of news. The directive also
demands that they deactivate their accounts on the microblogging
site.

This followed the ban of Twitter operations in Nigeria by the
Federal Government over the use of the platform for ‘activities
that are capable of undermining the corporate existence of
Nigeria’.

NBC quoted from Sections 2 (1), 3.11.2 as well as 5.6.3 of the
NBC Act.

DAAR Communications PLC, owners and operators of Africa
Independent Television, Raypower FM and Faaji Radio, has said that
they will go to court to challenge the National Broadcasting
Commission’s stance on the suspension of Twitter announced by the
Federal Government once the strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of
Nigeria is over.

They made this known in a statement issued on Monday, signed by
the management of the media conglomerate.

The statement said the ban by the FG does not represent any law
as contemplated by the National Broadcasting Code.

AIT, Raypower and Faaji Radio have suspended the use of their
Twitter handles but will challenge the NBC directives in court as
soon as judiciary workers suspend their ongoing strike.

Recall that the NBC, in a statement on Monday, directed all
broadcast stations across the nation to suspend their patronage of
Twitter and stop using it as a source of news. The directive also
demands that they deactivate their accounts on the microblogging
site.

This followed the ban of Twitter operations in Nigeria by the
Federal Government over the use of the platform for ‘activities
that are capable of undermining the corporate existence of
Nigeria’.

NBC quoted from Sections 2 (1), 3.11.2 as well as 5.6.3 of the
NBC Act.