The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has shut down the Broadcasting Service of Ekiti State (BSES) for breaching provisions of the Broadcasting Code.
The commission’s South-West monitoring chief, Professor Armstrong Idachaba, cited breach of the Electoral Act and broadcasting code by the media outfit, after Governor Ayodele Fayose went on air to announce fake results in favour of Kolapo Olusola, his deputy and PDP governorship candidate.
The commission said it took the decision to curb the continued breach of the Electoral Act and the Broadcasting Code on Political Broadcast.
It said it was particularly irked by the unauthorised declaration of results by the Governor Ayo Fayose on the state owned broadcast stations.
The governor was said to have also made malicious and unsubstantiated comments against INEC, the Police and the SSS.
NBC said the stations, comprising radio and television stations would remain shut down until further notice.