Nigerian lawyer and activist, Reno Omokri, has called out Multichoice’s Digital Satelite Television for assigning the 419 channel to Nigerian government-owned broadcast station, Nigerian Television Authority.
Reno claimed that the allocation of the frequency channel 419 to NTA was intentional and not a mere coincidence.
According to him, it was DSTV’s way of mocking and demarketing Nigeria.
The iconic number “419” refers to the section of the Nigerian Criminal code dealing with fraud and the charges for offenders.
As a result, Nigerians refer to any form of financial fraud or scam as ‘419.’
Reno said that DSTV assigning channel 419 to NTA ‘carries a very powerful subliminal message.’
“Why has DSTV, a South African company operating in Nigeria, chosen to give the Nigerian Television Authority, @NTANetwork, the frequency channel of 419?
That is NOT a coincidence. It is a deliberate action. It is subversive and carries a very powerful subliminal message that demarkets Nigeria as a brand.
