Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against DStv’s Price Increase

Mr JOHN UGBE, MD DSTV Nigeria, 

A federal high court in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday struck out a suit filed by some aggrieved subscribers challenging the recent 20 per cent increase in subscription rates of Digital Satellite Television (DStv), which is operated by MultiChoice Nigeria Limited.

The angry subscribers, Osasuyi Adebayo and Oluyinka Oyeniji, who are also lawyers, filed the lawsuit on behalf of themselves and all other DStv subscribers across the country.

The pair had asked the court to restraine MultiChoice from implementing the new rates, which began on April 1, 2015.

But in his ruling, Justice Chukwujeku Aneke upheld the preliminary objection filed by MultiChoice, and branding the suit an abuse of court process.

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