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.

http://saharareporters.com/2016/11/12/col-umar-sue-mtn-over-fraudulent-deductions-unsolicited-sms

I concur


Modify.... FTC.

Almst at d end of d yr...
Good tinz await u n i bfr d end of dis yr.
Dat admission & job, we mst get am bfr d end of dis yr IJN..

Seconded

Supported.

I hope he goes through with it, as this will surely teach them some good lesson.

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who ll sue nairaland for locking us out of the other room this early morning without any explanation?

He should. I still remember howthey deducted my 200 for callertunez that i ddnt apply for

He should equally sue them on my behalf, double the damage and give me my own share.

Because of 50 naira

Mtn should be sue with immediate effect cos they are thieves.

Mosthandsomeboy:
Because of 50 naira

50 naira multiplied by the millions of subscribers they steal from...
Imagine the figure na

Other networks should also be sued.

na wa for you o

Sharp guy

I want to be a party to this suit, enough of this rubbish from MTN, at least Glo and Etisalat allow you to send a code to subscribe all by yourself while MTN subscribes you automatically and deduct from your airtime balance

Its getting worse these days as they have devised a new means of getting you to subscribe to what you dont know, as you are dialing your phone you will suddenly see a screen appear asking you to subscribe to Tips on Cholera for N50/week and without reading you click OK with the mindset that the screen will vanish without knowing you have been subscribed, there are people who are subscribed to up 10 VAS they never subscribed.

To check the services stealing your money Dial on MTN *123*5*1# select 2 and for services Dial *123*5*2# select 8

MTN is just an annoying network

I think i missed a trick, a while back i was charged 100naira by mtn for daily supply of fulani proverbs. a more prosecutable offense than the one done to the colonel.

Please he should include me in the suit. I stopped recharging my MTN line because of unnecessary deductions. Very useless network

Very good. I will be there to testify cos i have been experiencing dis disturbance and unsolicited deduction too.



SUE THEM WELLA

Seun we desrve an apology for locking us out

Lez go dia! If d settlement make sense I go sue GLO and Etisalt

but the option to opt out is fully spell out

would gladly be a witness

OK

#100 was deducted from acc yesterday without requesting,pls include me I will testify

If I can sue one network, it will be that useless network called GLO.... they keep deducting my airtime every 3 days, 25,40,50,200..... and they won't even send me any message, I've complained and done everything they said, still those fuckers still deduct..

Just hate that snail network

I concur to d fullest. Dis r the type of rich ppl we need in d country

Thank you sir! MTN must be punished ..daylight robbers,very annoying they steal from you and you are helpless