Nigerians have flocked to Twitter to vent their anger over the move by the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) in suspending a programme on Channels TV Politics Today.
Acting director-general of NBC Prof. Armstrong Idachaba in a letter to the managing director of the broadcast station dated Monday, April 26, 2021, said during an interview hosted by Seun Okinbaloye on Sunday night, an IPOB official made several secessionist and inciting declarations on air without caution or reprimand by the TV station.
Idachaba also said the station was “liable to the suspension of its licence and a fine of N5million provided in Section 15 of the code for its infractions.”
The NBC’s action has generated backlash from Nigerians on social media, although most of them reacted to earlier reports that the station’s broadcast licence was suspended.
