c. The National Broadcasting commission Act Cap NII laws of Federation 2004.
Orders Sought By the Plaintiffs:
23. A DECLARATION that the act of the Defendant’s agency National Broadcasting
Commission in directing that all live political broadcasts by Broadcasts Stations in
Nigeria be referred to it tantamount to censorship of the press and is contrary to
the fundamental freedom enshrined and guaranteed under Article XIX of the
African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and the ECOWAS PROTOCOL on
Democracy and Good Governance.
24. A DECLARATION that the act of the Defendant’s National Broadcasting
Commission in directing that all live political broadcasts by Broadcasts Stations in
Nigeria be referred to it tantamount to censorship of the press and is contrary to
the fundamental freedom enshrined and guaranteed under Article 19 of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
25. A DECLARATION that the act of the Defendant’s National Broadcasting
Commission in directing that all live political broadcasts by Broadcasts Stations in
Nigeria be referred to it tantamount to censorship of the press and is contrary to
the fundamental freedom enshrined and guaranteed under Article 19 of the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
26. A DECLARATION that the act of the Defendant’s National Broadcasting
Commission in directing that all live political broadcasts by Broadcasts Stations in
Nigeria be referred to it tantamount to censorship of the press and is contrary to
the fundamental freedom enshrined and guaranteed under Sections 22 and 39 (1)
of the Defendant’s constitution regarding the exercise and operation of a free
press.
27. A DECLARATION that the act of the Defendant’s National Broadcasting
Commission in directing that all live political broadcasts by Broadcasts Stations in
Nigeria be referred to it tantamount to censorship of the press and is contrary to
the fundamental freedom enshrined and guaranteed under ECOWAS PROTOCOL
on Democracy and Good Governance.
28. AN ORDER enjoining the Defendant to withdraw or cause to be withdrawn the
letter from its National Broadcasting Commission of May 2014 addressed to all
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