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A former military governor of Kaduna State,
Rtd. Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar, is to
sue the telecommunications giant, MTN, over
unsolicited messages being sent to customers,
and the fraudulent deductions from their
accounts.
Speaking on Saturday, Umar said he briefed
his lawyers to file the suit against MTN after
he had complained to no avail over the
problem, and despite assurances by the
company that the practices will stop.
To prove his point, the former governor
forwarded two of the latest unsolicited
messages he received on Saturday, one of
which subscribed him to a callertune with a
charge of N50, with an option to opt out; and
the to a package ‘Laugh Out Loud,’ also with
a fee.
The first of Saturday’s messages he received
reads: ““Yello, you have downloaded the
Callertune <CHECK YOUR ALERT> by TK
SWAG for N50.00. This tune expires on
2016-12-09. To delete the tune, send
del0733736”
The second said: “Dear Customer, you have
successfully subscribed to Laugh Out Loud
and N50.00 deducted from your account. Your
service will be renewed on 2016-11-18. To
cancel, text STOP LOL to 55006. Enjoy!”
Umar stressed that the issue is not the N50
being deducted from his account, but that the
practice has continued despite complaints.
He said it was fraudulent to deduct money
from subscribers’ accounts without their
consent, noting that if N50 is deducted from
70 million accounts, for instance, the tally is
N3.5billion.
As a result, Umar said his suit against MTN
will be on behalf of its 70million subscribers,
and expressed the faith that the subscribers
will be his witnesses in court.
[color =green]OUR UNRELIABLE APROKO[/color] reports he is in
support with the former governor because he
has had enough of MTN stupid auto calls, like
yesterday he was expecting an important call
from a hot sexy steamy lady but MTN kept
calling him till his phone battery died and now
he has missed his chance.
