‘Don’t use telephone to destabilise Nigeria’

The Nigerian Communications Commission on Friday warned subscribers not to use cell-phones and the Internet platform to destabilise the country during the general elections, which begin on Saturday (today).

Its warning came against the backdrop of a lead story in THE PUNCH on Friday, which stated that security chiefs and GSM operators had held a meeting in Abuja, where the abuse of text messages and calls during polls were discussed.

However, the NCC, in a four-paragraph statement signed by its management, denied the story.

But playing the ostrich, it did not deny the fact that its Executive Vice-Chairman, Dr. Eugene Juwah, had confirmed at a public forum that security chiefs, the NCC and GSM service providers had met, amid concerns that text messages and calls could heat up the polity during the elections.