The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) has banned furteher exposure and the immediate removal of “All Eyes on the Judiciary” advertisement billboards across Nigeria.
ARCON Director-General, Dr. Olalekan Fadolapo in a statement said that all the materials being exposed be brought down immediately and that the violators will be sanctioned.
The suspension is coming after ARCON also disbanded the Secretariat of the Advertising Standard Panel – ASP on Tuesday following the advert that has been adjudged by individuals sympathetic to the ruling party as controversial.
Dr. Olalekan Fadolapo, Director-General of ARCON confirmed the suspension in the statement. He said suspended officials are the Director and Deputy Director Regulations of the council.
He said that the Advertising Standards Panel (ASP) of the Council also erred in the approval of one of the concepts.
According to Fadolapo, the said advertisement failed vetting guidelines on some grounds.
“The cause forming the central theme of the campaign in the advertisement is a matter pending before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), hence it’s jus pendis,” he added.
