High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja has ordered the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC to temporarily stop its bid to terminate a contract on the movement of Nigeria from Analogue to Digital Television.
The court directed the Commission to maintain the status quo on the disputed contract until the determination of a case filed against it by six aggrieved companies.
Specifically, the Court ordered NBC and the aggrieved companies not to take any further steps on the contract so as not to foist a fait accompli on the court.
Justice A. A Ademu issued the order that the status quo be maintained by the two parties while delivering a ruling in an ex-parte application brought before him by six companies having a legal battle with the NBC on the disputed contractual agreement.
The Judge said since the NBC has become aware of the litigation on the matter, it must not do anything for now pending the final resolution of all issues raised against it by the plaintiffs.
Justice Ademu directed that all actions on the issue be put on hold until the final determination of the motion on notice filed against it by the aggrieved six contracting companies.
The Judge has, however, remitted the case file to the Chief Judge of the FCT High Court, Justice Hussein Baba Yusuf for re-assignment to another Judge having just completed the vacation proceedings.
In the ex-parte motion marked FCT/HC/CMR/CV/442/2024, the aggrieved companies had prayed for an order of the court to restrain NBC from interfering with or terminating the contract relating to the transition from Analogue to Digital Torrential Television in Nigeria pending the hearing of a motion on notice before the court.