The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has arrested eight officials of Communication Trends Limited (CTL), JAO TV and Worldlink, Pay-TV operators, for pirating signals of Multichoice Nigeria Limited, owners of pay-TV services DSTV and GoTV.

The suspects were arrested in Edo and Delta States by the Benin Zonal office of the EFCC.

In a thread of tweets via its official Twitter handle, EFCC said the Pay TV operators allegedly broadcast the English Premier League (EPL) matches and other content on their stations/network illegally to the detriment of Multichoice Nigeria which acquired the rights to broadcast.

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EFCC tweeted:

“They were arrested at their respective locations in Edo and Delta State through intelligence report and the support of officials of Multichoice.

“Those arrested are Faith Ohawe, Tochukwu Nwosu, Nzemere Chika, Joshua Egboyen and Ogujor Franklin.

“Others are Ebuaka Lola, Esekhaige Victor and Kenedy Uduobor.”