Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has threatened legal action against President Bola Tinubu’s administration over the last warning issued to Arise Television.
SERAP charged Tinubu’s administration to direct the National Broadcasting Corporation, NBC, to withdraw the last warning to Arise TV or risk a legal action.
NBC had sternly warned Arise Television against the use of derogatory and incendiary remarks on its station.
The warning is coming on the heels of the controversy surrounding Tinubu’s academic record recently released by the Chicago State University.
In a bid to educate the public on the possible consequences of the president’s certificate which the opposition alleged does not tally with the one submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the last election, the TV station has had interviews with several guests.
NBC, in a letter issued to the TV station by the Commission’s Director General, Dr Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, on Friday, expressed worries that some of the guests used derogatory words during the interviews.
To this end, NBC had issued its last warning to the television station.
However, SERAP frowned at the final warning NBC issued to the TV station.
In a tweet, SERAP wrote: “BREAKING: The Tinubu administration must instruct the NBC to withdraw the purported ‘final warning’ to Arise TV over alleged use of ‘derogatory and incendiary remarks’ on its programmes.
“We’ll see in court if the threat is not immediately withdrawn.”
