Abuja Federal High Court will hear the N30bn suit filed by the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) against Meta Platforms Incorporated (owners of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp platforms) and its agent, AT3 Resources Limited.
The Director-General of ARCON, Olalekan Fadolapo, stated this in a recent interview with Punch.
ARCON seeks a declaration that the continued publication and exposure of many advertisements directed at the Nigerian market via Facebook and Instagram platforms by Meta Platforms Incorporated, without making sure that the same is scrutinized and approved before exposure is illegal, unlawful and a violation of the advertising Law in Nigeria.
ARCON maintains that Meta Incorporated’s continued exposure of unscrutinized advertisements had led to a loss of revenue to the Federal Government.
Fadolapo confirmed to Punch that the Federal High Court in Abuja had granted ARCON a leave to serve a writ of summons to Meta. The writ was served at Meta’s United States corporate headquarters.
He made it known that the decision to serve Meta at its corporate headquarters became necessary after Meta claimed that it did not have any physical office in Nigeria.
He said: “The case is coming up this October, because the level of shenanigans that is happening in that place (Facebook) is too much. But trust me, we will use all legal means to sanitize that space.
“What we are saying is that what they are showing to the Nigerian audience, which is our territorial space is indecent. We will not go and regulate the media in the US, but what we will do is regulate the media space here in Nigeria.
“They said they don’t have an office in Nigeria, but they are doing business in Nigeria. So, we are not concerned about their office, we are concerned about the business they are doing in Nigeria. If you are doing business in Nigeria, you are supposed to abide by Nigerian laws.”
Recall that ARCON announced that it has filed a suit against Meta Incorporated and its agent AT3 Resources Limited at the Federal High Court, Abuja Judicial Division in October 2022.
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