The Nigerian Copyright Commission, NCC, has arrested one Mr. Ubong Obot, for illegally transmitting broadcast signals of Multichoice (DSTV) to an estimated 500 houses in Ikot Ekpene area of Akwa Ibom State.
Obot was said to have installed the DSTV signals to different homes for N5, 000 and charged N1, 000 per month as subscription fee for years now.
NCC Uyo Liaison Officer, Mr. Amudipe Charles, who represented the Director- General, Mr. Afam Ezekude, told journalists in yesterday that Obot was arrested with the equipment he used to transmit the cable television signals illegally.
Ezekude said; “The operatives of the NCC have raided Obot’s house over illegal transmission of cable television signals in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State.
“Illegal transmitting decoders, transmission boosters, rolls of installation wires and other accessories worth N20 million were impounded during the raid at two different locations. The locations are No. 89 Atan Road; 32, Umuahia Road, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State.
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