Nigerians are exercising their rights to sue a private company in order to compel it to change its business model. Yes, MultiChoice must offer pay per view even if it does not make sense for it. That mindset is why they have already sued the owner of DStv and GOtv in the court after a price increase, and to make the agitation strong, they added the attorney general of Nigeria.
The AGF’s lawyer also confirmed filing a motion to strike out the case, prompting the judge to ask the claimant if he had received all responses and if he had filed a reply.
“Yes, my Lord, I have responded,” the claimant said but added that further affidavits needed to be exchanged between him and the legal teams of the AGF and NBC.
In response, Justice Ekwo stated: “I am going to give you a date for the hearing, believing that by then, parties should have filed and exchanged whatever necessary processes.”
The judge subsequently fixed the hearing for May 6, 2025.
The AGP rightfully wants the office off the mess: “The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice has urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to remove his office from a lawsuit seeking to compel MultiChoice Nigeria to introduce a pay-per-view model for its DStv and GOtv services.”
Good People, right now, in the banking system, a big bank cannot credit your account for days after a deposit, and as that is happening, the consumer protection watchdog and the activist citizens have not said a single word. Yet, they all have time to protect Nigerians who want to watch millionaires kick round leather in Europe when their citizens cannot have access to their bank accounts, over another bank software upgrade.
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We are one of a kind. Consumers want to use court to compel a company on the type of business model to adopt. Why not set up your own business, acquire license and try it out? People who sell a satchet of water for N50 will be telling Multichoice how to conduct its business and what to charge. It’s a drama society anyway, so everyone is competing to put up the best drama. You must watch cable TV because your life depends on it. When you are charged N1000k to watch a channel for an hour, you start crying. Maybe they think it’s like making some few seconds phone call. How do you gauge the number of minutes to watch TV to save money? Maybe if they are about to score a goal in match, you switch off the decoder, to save some money. World of wonders.