Breaking: SAN Reveals What Telcos Plan For Hunger Protesters

While hunger protesters are fine-tuning strategies for August 1 when they intend to go to the streets, more counter measures appear to be on the works to stop them.

The latest indication to the above is coming from a legal practitioner, in fact a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa.

He is thus urging the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to step in and probe  telecommunication operators over the alleged disconnection of subscribers, as a possible way of getting to the hunger protesters.

Adegboruwa made the suggestion via a statement on Sunday, say there had been indications to back up his fears.

“For the past few days, some telecom companies have been disconnecting their subscribers for flimsy and untenable reasons. Some allege a lack of NIN registration or linking while some didn’t give any reason at all.

“This action is coming on the heels of the proposed struggle of the people against hunger, poverty, suffering and the suffocating economic policies of the Tinubu administration.

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“From all indications, it would seem that the underlying target of the telecom companies is to limit the reach of their customers in order to restrict access and thus frustrate the protests,” Adegboruwa said.

“Sufficient information and opportunity should be given for subscribers to remedy any alleged breach or error.

According to him, persons, not necessarily hunger protesters deploy their numbers for a variety of purposes and should not be barred.

“So many telephone users deploy their numbers for their businesses and other lawful engagements, not to talk to those who may have medical and health-related emergencies.

“The NCC is urged to look into this and come to the rescue of the subscribers”.

The senior lawyer had written security agencies, requesting protection for protesters under the umbrella of the Take It Back Movement come next month.

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The protest against economic hardship, which is gaining traction on social media, has been scheduled to be held across all states of the Federation as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, in August