Five suspected fake Satellite Television Operators have been arrested by EFCC Operatives in Port Harcourt, Rivers State
The suspected fake operators identified as Davidson Onuoha; Emeka Samuel; Eze Francis Sunny Amadi, Terkura Zungwem Verinica and Evangelist Alex Umanah were arrested in a simultaneous raid on their companies on Saturday, October 5, 2019 at three different locations in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that after weeks of intense intelligence on these suspects, their houses and operations by EFCC Operatives. They were arrested for allegedly rebroadcasting content of the Digital Satellite Television (DSTV) illegally in their firms.
According to reports, the companies are identified as CANTV at Aba Road, Port Harcourt, METROTV at Rivers State Television Complex, Eagle Avenue, Iriebe, Port Harcourt and Cable Trends Limited( CTL) at Eleme Junction, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Items and tools such as GOTV Decoders; Star times Decoders; DSTV Decoder; Free to Air Decoder (Strong), Consat Decoder and One Direct Decoder. Others are Encoder, Switches, Central Processing Units( CPU) and Monitors were recovered from the suspects.
While reacting to this incident, the Zonal Head of the EFCC Port-Harcourt zone, Abdulrasheed Bawa cautioned the general public to be wary of the operations of illegal Satellite Operators stressing that there are rising cases of such activities across the country.
The suspects would be charged to court when investigations are concluded, he further said.
