The Wireless Application Service Providers Association of Nigeria (WASPAN) has appealed a Federal High Court judgement upholding the authority of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to regulate digital lending in Nigeria.
In a notice of appeal dated 21 July, a day after the Federal High Court in Lagos delivered the judgement, WASPAN asked the Court of Appeal in Lagos to set aside the judgement delivered by the lower court judge Ambrose Allagoa on Monday, which dismissed the association’s suit challenging the FCCPC’s Digital, Electronic, Online or Non-Traditional Consumer Lending (DEON) Regulations, 2025.
The appeal was filed by WASPAN’s legal team led by Kemi Pinheiro, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
WASPAN put together nine grounds of appeal, arguing that the Federal High Court misinterpreted key provisions of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act (FCCPA), 2018, and wrongly upheld the FCCPC’s regulatory authority over operators in the telecommunications sector.
The association is asking the Court of Appeal to allow the appeal, set aside the lower court judgement and grant the prayers in its originating summons filed on 14 April.
