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

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

Wale Igbintade

The Federal High Court, Lagos, has struck out contempt proceedings initiated by Wireless Application Service Providers Association of Nigeria (WISPAN) against 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, centred on WASPAN’s challenge to FCCPC’s Digital, Electronic, Online and Non-Traditional Consumer Lending Guidelines, 2025 (DEON Regulations), which the association alleged unlawfully extended the commission’s regulatory powers into sectors already supervised by other agencies.