The All Progressives Congress on Wednesday secured an interim injunction overruling the ban on its fund-raising scheme via telecommunication networks pending the determination of a substantive suit. An ex-parte application brought by APC counsel, Dr. Muiz Banire, on the issue was granted by Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Federal High Court in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the National Communication Commission had stopped the telecommunications service providers from allowing the APC to use the 35350 SMS code to raise funds for its presidential campaign.
Buba, on Wednesday, ordered that the 2nd to 6th defendants – Etisalat Nigeria, MTN Nigeria Limited, Globacom Limited, Airtel Nigeria and Visafone Communications Limited – should immediately reactivate the applicant’s presidential campaign fund-raising SMS scheme.
The judge also granted the applicant the leave to serve the respondents the originating summons and other processes outside the court’s jurisdiction. Buba adjourned till February 4 to hear the substantive suit.
NAN reports that the APC in the substantive suit had urged court to award N25 billion damages against the Nigerian Communications Commission for allegedly prohibiting its presidential campaign fund-raising scheme. Also joined in the suit are Etisalat Nigeria, MTN, Globacom, Airtel and Visafone.
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