The ECOWAS Court has in a press freedom and National Broadcasting Commission(NBC) clamp down suit by a group, the One Love Foundation, a non- governmental (NGO), issued a fine of N250,000 against the Federal Government (FG).
The suit, which was filed by Samuel Ihensekhien Jnr on behalf of the group’s President, Chief Patrick Eholor, also seeks damages and restraining orders against the Nigerian government, to prevent it from enforcing Sections 5, 4, 3, 1 of NBC code on all broadcasting stations.
The sections relate to reportage and giving details of security issues and persons affected by insurgency and terrorism in Nigeria.
But the group argued that the actions offend all relevant laws and the African Charter on Media and Broadcasting Rights and Freedom of Press.
The foundation had in a suit No. ECW/CCJ/APP/43/21 in 2021 sought an order of court directing the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government and the National Broadcasting Commission(NBC), a government agency, to desist from enforcing Section 5, 4, 3, 1 of the NBC code on all broadcasting stations.
The ECOWAS court heard the matter and awarded a cost of N250,000 against the FG.
