Telecommunications operator Glo Mobile Limited, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Megatech Engineering Limited have been sued before the Federal High Court in Abuja over an alleged breach of contract and refusal to pay a consultancy fee amounting to USD 9,578,947.
The suit was filed by Mosakab Nigeria Limited and its promoter, Mashood Mustapha, who are seeking over N20 billion in damages for what they described as an unlawful breach of a consultancy agreement executed in 2017.
In the case marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1534/2024, the plaintiffs are asking the court to void the sale of a 2.6 GHz Spectrum Licence by Megatech to Glo Mobile, alleging that the transaction was tainted by fraud and illegality. Megatech, Glo Mobile, and the NCC were listed as the 1st to 3rd defendants.
Filed through their counsel, George Ibrahim (SAN) of the Ogwu James Onoja (SAN) law firm, the plaintiffs are urging the court to compel Megatech to fulfil its contractual obligation of paying them USD 10 million, agreed upon in a consultancy contract dated June 29, 2017.
They are also seeking an order directing the NCC to revoke the 2.6 GHz spectrum licence issued to Megatech in March 2020— a licence they claim to have facilitated as consultants.
In addition to the unpaid consultancy fee, the plaintiffs demand N5 billion for breach of contract and N10 billion in general damages. They also want Megatech ordered to allot 5–10% of its outstanding shares to the second plaintiff as stipulated in their agreement.
According to the statement of claim, Megatech engaged Mosakab Nigeria Limited in 2017 to facilitate the acquisition of a 2.5/2.6 GHz national spectrum licence. Following several meetings and engagements with relevant government agencies, the NCC on March 26, 2020, issued Megatech a 40 MHz (TDD) licence in the 2.6 GHz band for nationwide operations.
The plaintiffs allege that, acting on Megatech’s instructions, they facilitated further negotiations that enabled Megatech to share the spectrum with Glo Mobile— a process they claim cost them USD 250,000 in deployed resources. However, despite benefiting from the licence and subsequently entering a sale agreement with Glo Mobile, Megatech allegedly failed to fulfil its financial obligations, paying only USD 421,052 out of the agreed USD 10 million consultancy fee.
The plaintiffs are asking the court to declare that they fully performed their obligations under the agreement and are entitled to the outstanding USD 9,578,947. They are further seeking N50 million as litigation costs.
Justice Mohammed Garba Umar has scheduled March 3, 2026 for hearing of the matter.
