The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has shut down African Independent Television (AIT) and Raypower FM indefinitely.

NBC Director-General of NBC Is’haq Modibbo Kawu disclosed this during a media briefing in Abuja, The Sun reports.

Kawu disclosed that the decision was taken for the persistent violation of 2004 broadcasting Code, following persistent warning to the company to tow the line of caution.

Dokpesi was reportedly at the Ministry of Information and Culture, the Embassy of the United States of America, the British High Commission, the European Union and the United Nations Office in Abuja, where he complained that the Federal Government of Nigeria was attempting to gag the press.

Details later…