DSTV rubbishes court order, implements 20 per cent subscription hike; CPC, Nigerians kick

These people nor get joy oooo...hehehe...Nigerians are at the losing end again after MultiChoice Nigeria, a South African satellite TV company implemented its 20 percent subscription hike despite court order stopping it from taking such action pending the determination of a suit filed against it by some lawyers.
We  recalls that a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos state had ordered DSTV to revert to its old subscription fee. The order followed a suit filed by two lawyers challenging what they termed an arbitrary increment in subscription rates imposed by MultiChoice Nigeria, operators of DStv and GOtv pay-TV platforms, on their subscribers.

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Justice C.J. Aneke, in an interim order asked MultiChoice to revert to its old subscription rates pending the determination of the suit on the legality of its new tariffs.
Just as Nigerians were celebrating the court order, MultiChoice waved the order aside and has continued to charge customers based on its new subscription rate.
Fidelis Chidi blog's visit to MultiChoice head office in Wuse 2, Abuja on Friday revealed the company’s exploitative tendencies and its determination not to back down from its current subscription rates as customers who raised the issue of the existing court order were either escorted by team of security men from the vicinity or harassed by some of its officials kept at the entrance to monitor customer’s reaction.
When our reporters approached one of the staff whose identity we could not ascertain, we were told that nobody was ready to speak with us on the said subject. However, due to our reporters’ insistence, a team of policemen and SSS led them to have a brief session with a man who also refused to divulge his identity to us. While speaking with our reporter, the male official who is of average height told us that he was not in any way aware of any court judgment and was not ready to react to what he had considered mere rumours being peddled by some unidentified persons.

Meanwhile, we were at the Consumer Protection Council, CPC, in Abuja to confirm what the Council is doing to stop the alleged exploitative tendencies of MultiChoice. A source who pleaded anonymity told our reporter that a letter is currently being worked on and that very soon, it will be delivered to DSTV. He said a copy will be made available to Fidelis Chidi blog just to know the position of the Council. He said, ‘’we are aware of the development as our customers all over the country have reacted to the new subscription regime. We are working on a letter that will soon be sent to DSTV. Until then, we are not officially guaranteed to react. We will make a copy of the letter available to you. After then, you should know our position.