Following the suspension of
operating licenses of AIT and Ray Power, a Federal High Court in Abuja has
granted an order ex-parte for the maintenance of status quo pending the
determination of a motion filed by DAAR Communications in its suit challenging
the action of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC.
Delivering his ruling on Friday,
Justice Inyang Ekwo, rejected two prayers by DAAR Communication, owners of the
two stations, for restraining orders against the respondents – NBC, Federal
Ministry of Information and Culture (FMIC) and the Attorney General of the
Federation (AGF).
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.
Instead, Justice Ekwo granted the
alternative relief, “an order for the maintenance of status quo ante bellum as
at 30th of May, 2019, pending the hearing and final determination of the motion
on notice filed along with this application.”
Justice Ekwo said the applicant,
DAAR would be penalised should it turn out, at the end of the day, that the
order ought not to have been made.
The judge noted that, by the
issues raised in its application by DAAR Communications, the respondents
deserved to be heard.
The judge 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.
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