Telecom giant pays N1.85 million to subscriber following CPC order

Media reports reveal that following an order issued last week by the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) directing MTN Nigeria Communications Limited to, within 14 days, pay a complainant, Mr. Omeje Fidelis N1.85m being the balance of his winning in the promotion held in 2012, the South Africa-based telecom giant has made the payment to the aggrieved consumer.

The CPC said, in a statement issued yesterday, stated that MTN, in compliance with its order, raised a United Bank of Africa (UBA) draft in the said sum for the complainant on February 11, 2016.

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The CPC statement revealed that Fidelis, in a telephone conversation, confirmed to the CPC that he had received the sum, disclosing that he received the cheque for the balance of his N2m prize on Monday, February 15, 2016.

The statement read: “CPC is also in receipt of a settlement agreement made to that effect between Omeje, MTN and its event manager for the Ultimate Wonder Promo prize presentation, Towncriers Limited, authorising the event manager to issue a bank draft in the sum of N1.85m in full and final satisfaction of the CPC’s Order and all claims to the complainant.”

The CPC had directed MTN Nigeria, last week, to pay the sum of N1.85m, within 14 days, to one of the winners of its Ultimate Wonder Promo for lack of due diligence.