CPC orders MTN to paypromo winner N1.85m

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The Consumer Protection Council has directed mobile
telecommunications operator, MTN Communications
Nigeria Limited, to pay N1.85m to one of the winners
of its Ultimate Wonder Promo for lack of due diligence.
The order, according to a statement by the
spokesperson of the CPC, Abiodun Obimuyiwa, came
on the heels of a complaint brought by Mr. Fidelis
Chukwuma Omeje against the telecommunications
company that he had been underpaid after he was
declared winner of N2m in the promotion, which was
held in 2012.
According to Omeje, he participated in the promo and
was called through the MTN line 180 on October 10,
2012 that he had won N2m and that two days later, he
got a text message informing him of the presentation
ceremony fixed for October 19, 2012 in Abuja.
The complainant asserted that during the said
ceremony, he was presented with a dummy cheque of
N2m with his name on it, interviewed and paraded
before the media and the world as the winner of the
said amount.
He said that he was stunned to receive another call
from the MTN line 180 on November 2, 2012 that his
winning was N150,000 and was thereafter given a
Verve ATM card for that amount.
MTN, in its response to the CPC’s intervention, denied
the claim of Omeje, saying that he was from the onset
informed that his winning was N150,000 and that the
complainant deceitfully presented himself when
winners in the N2m category were called forward on
the day of the prize presentation.