FCCPC, WASPAN Resolve Contempt Dispute as Court Reserves Judgment in Regulatory Suit

FCCPC, WASPAN Resolve Contempt Dispute as Court Reserves Judgment in Regulatory Suit

Wale Igbintade

The Federal High Court in Lagos has struck out contempt proceedings initiated by the Wireless Application Service Providers Association of Nigeria (WISPAN) against the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) after parties informed the court that issues surrounding the committal proceedings had been resolved.

Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa subsequently struck out the contempt application after counsel informed the court that issues surrounding the committal proceedings had been amicably resolved.

The suit, marked FHC/L/CS/760/2026, centres on WASPAN’s challenge to the FCCPC’s Digital, Electronic, Online and Non-Traditional Consumer Lending Guidelines, 2025 (DEON Regulations), which the association alleged unlawfully extend the Commission’s regulatory powers into sectors already supervised by other agencies.