CJID, SERAP sue NBC, MBuhari over N5m fine imposed on Channels TV | TheCable
with Datti Baba-Ahmed, vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party , saying the broadcast violated some sections of its code.
The petitioners, in the suit filed by their lawyers, Kolawole Oluwadare, Andrew Nwankwo, and Blessing Ogwuche, also prayed the court to declare the fine “arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional”. SERAP and CJID said “the media has the task of distributing all varieties of information and opinion on matters of general interest and public interest”.
“Although article 19 recognises ‘national security’ as a legitimate aim, the Human Rights Committee has stressed ‘the need to ensure that the invocation of national security is not used unjustifiably or arbitrarily to restrict freedom of expression and media freedom,” they said.
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