Court Upholds Injunction Blocking FCCPC’s Airtime Lending Rules

The Federal High Court in Lagos has refused FCCPC’s bid to lift an interim injunction preventing enforcement of key provisions in the Digital, Electronic, Online or Non-Traditional Consumer Lending Regulations 2025 against WASPAN members. At the resumed hearing on April 28, FCCPC urged the court to proceed immediately or discharge the restraining order. WASPAN’s counsel argued that the regulator had only just served its preliminary objection and needed time to respond fully. After considering both sides, Justice Lewis-Allagoa declined FCCPC’s request. He ordered that the main suit and the commission’s preliminary objection be heard together and adjourned proceedings to May 15, 2026, while keeping the injunction in place. WASPAN maintains that certain FCCPC rules exceed the commission’s powers, clash with the NCC’s sectoral mandate and could create unlawful compliance burdens for licensed telecom service providers.

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