The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) on Thursday wielded strong hammer on illegal Cyber cafés in Enugu State.
This is as it sealed-off one of the largest Cyber cafés in the State, known as LOGONNIGERIA MULTIMEDIA SERVICES LTD, for allegedly operating without internet, vowing not to leave any stone un-turned to stop such illegal business activities.
Speaking to journalists after sealing off the Company located at Chime Avenue, New Haven, Enugu, the NCC Head of Enforcement, Salisu Abdu, accompanied by South-East Zonal Head of the commission, said NCC had written to LOGONNIGERIA MULTIMEDIA SERVICES LTD three times, inviting the management to come and regularize its operation. According to Abdu, the commission applied its power because the company refused to do the needful.
He said, “We have the power to monitor compliance with our license terms and conditions, and in line with such powers, we carried monitoring exercise in Enugu sometimes in 2015 and we found out that some companies are providing internet services without license, which among them is LOGONNIGERIA Ltd; so, we visited it today in accordance with our enforcement processes.
“We have engaged LOGONNIGERIA Ltd officially, we invited the company for a meeting, we also have written the company to come and regularize its operation.
“Unfortunately, all the three letters we have written to LOGONNIGERIA Ltd have not been responded to positively. So, we have no other alternative than to enforce our laws and regulations against the company.
“That is the reason while we visited the company today and we were able to confiscate the offending equipment used to provide internet services and we have also sealed the premises till when they regularize their operations”, he said.
Abdu explained that the company was meant to obtain the requisite internet license, ISP license.
He further disclosed that the commission obtained court warrant from a Federal High Court and Authorization from the NCC, before embarking on the operation.
He warned other illegal operators of cyber cafe to save themselves embarrassment by obtaining their licenses.
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