NIGERIA foremost human rights activist and constitutional lawyer Prof. Mike Ozekhome SAN has knocked South Africa telecommunications giant for “whimsically and capriciously barring Nigerians telephone lines without any wrong doing”.
In a terse press statement made available to journalists in Abuja, Chief Ozekhome slammed the South African company for Taking Nigerians for a ride.
“Has Nigeria got so low and fallen into such an abysmal state of nadir that MTN, a South African Telecommunications Conglomerate can simply decide to bar any and every line it whimsically and capriciously desires, without the owners having committed no offence or done any wrong?”, he quipped.
In a related development, Nigeria Communication Commission NCC has ordered MTN to immediately restored those whose lines it disconnected unlawfully.
In recent time, Nigerians in their multitude have been going through unwarranted disconnections on flimsy excuses by the telicom body.
“At many MTN centres across Nigeria, the battle has been raging physically between customers as regards first-come-first-serve in their desperate quest to get their lines reopened. What’s going on, MTN?”, Ozekhome queried.
Nigerians are expressing frustration and concern about MTN’s decision to bar certain phone lines without any apparent reason or explanation, causing inconvenience and distress to many Nigerians.
