The National Broadcasting Commission has sanctioned Africa Independent Television (AIT), Channels Television and Arise News on Monday for "unprofessional coverage" of the #ENDSARS protests.
The Acting Director-General of the NBC, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba, announced this at a press conference in Abuja, stating that they used unverifiable video footages from social media to cover the protest.
The NBC had last week warned all television and radio stations against reporting the #EndSARS protests in a manner that could embarrass the government or private individuals or cause disaffection, incite to panic or rift in the society.
Prof. Armstrong Idachaba warned that further sanctions will be harsher and announced that the owners of AIT, DAAR Communications would be fined separately for alleged reports of a fire incident at the National Christian Centre.
The sanction according to Idachaba, will be a fine of not less than N2 million.
