Lagos-based lawyer, Monday Ubani, has secured a court order for the extension of the deadline to link mobile phones with National Identity Number by two months.
Justice Maureen Onyetenu of the Federal High Court in Lagos issued the order in a ruling on a case of fundamental rights enforcement, filed by Ubani.
Joined in Ubani’s suit as respondents are the Federal Government, the Attorney General of the Federation, the Nigerian Communications Commission, and the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy.
Ubani had argued that the initial two-week deadline issued by the government, which was extended to April 6, would affect his constitutionally guaranteed rights to freedom of expression, to own moveable property and life.