Iroko TV Survives Northern Attack To Remove App From Google Play Store

Iroko TV Survives Northern Attack To Remove App From Google Play Store

Iroko TV, an online movie streaming network, has beaten back a push to remove its app from the Google Play Store.

iexclusive News Nigeria reports that the campaign followed Google’s banning of Adamu Garba’s Crowwe app from the Play Store.

Following the Buhari administration’s announcement of a Twitter ban, Mr Adamu introduced Nigerians to the Crowwe app as an alternative to Twitter.

Crowwe, which bills itself as an instant messaging and financial transaction app with a digital wallet, has faced a barrage of criticism, including accusations that it plagiarized the terms and conditions of another service.

Following that, the application was taken down.

Many northern teenagers were mobilized in apparent reprisal to report and flag the Iroko TV application, according to Peoples Gazette.

North Media Writers urged northern youths to report the application operated by Jason Njoku, a southerner from the Igbo tribe, in a message sent to Datti Asalafiy, a radical Islamic news platform.

Biafra World Radio and SoftTalk Messenger, both owned by IPOB and Simple Azenabor, were among the other applications slated for removal.

The post, which was uploaded on Daily News Hausa’s Facebook page, requested readers to reply on behalf of a “young and smart man from the North” who came on “Channels TV to support the Twitter ban” in Nigeria, but was “insulted” by many “IPOB people.”

“People of the North must answer, demonstrating to IPOB that we are more effective than they are. On this, we have researched certain major IPOB apps in the Play Store, and we ask them to report them until Google deletes the app,” it continued.

According to The Gazette’s observations, the kids then went to the Play Store to criticize the Iroko TV app and demand that it be removed.

One of Auwalu Adamu’s evaluations from last Friday read, “This app is absolutely poor, never done anything for me since I downloaded.”

On the same day, Mustapha Muntari called it “the worst app I’ve ever seen,” saying it “constantly starts and stops, crashes when you’re ready to use it, I noticed a number of issues, and the program causes my phone to misbehave.” Above all, the app’s owner is causing insecurity in Nigeria

I propose that this software be withdrawn from the Play Store because it is a disaster in every way.”

“Stupid app,” another northerner named Minshawi Umar commented.

Because it encourages sexual content, it would be better if Google took it down.”

However, the program, which distributes on-demand paid Nigerian films, survived the campaign as many other users, mostly from southern Nigeria, expressed solidarity by giving it positive evaluations.

Iroko TV’s average review ratings grew from three to four points, according to the Gazette, indicating that it was performing better than before the campaign to shut it down began.

Jason Njoku, CEO of Iroko TV, stated in a statement confirming the northern youth campaign, “The previous few days have revived my hope in Nigeria.”

I know the support wasn’t only for @irokotv, but for self-determination, press freedoms, and a collective desire to live in a wonderful, secure, and happy country.

North/South #KeepitOn is what I feel we all want.