Overview
A customer asked his bank to delete his phone number and email address and to stop sending him messages. The bank acknowledged the request. The messages kept coming. What followed is now one of the most important data protection decisions in Nigeria.
In this insight, KENNA's Data Protection Unit examines the Federal High Court's judgment in Tokunbo Olatokun v Polaris Bank Limited, where the court upheld the applicant's right to object to processing and right to restrict further processing under the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023. The piece looks at what the judgment means for data subjects, what it places on the shoulders of data controllers, and why the right to erasure is no longer a promise on paper. It also considers what the decision signals for the future of data protection practice and enforcement in Nigeria.
