Men of the
Nigeria Police, Ojo, Lagos, has arrested a notorious pirate in Alaba
International market, known as a haven for movie pirates.
The culprit was arrested while pirating
the epic movie, “Invasion 1897” produced by popular Nollywood
director, Lancelot Imasuen.
BN learnt that the man has since
been handed over to the officials of Nigerian Copyright
Commission,NCC, for proper investigation and possible prosecution.
The movie, based on the invasion of the
Benin Kingdom by the British Empire in 1897 and looting the priceless
ancient artifacts of the Benin kingdom, including the famous
commemorative head and pendant of ivory mask representing Queen Idia
(from court of Benin, 16th century), was supposed to have been
released on DVD in October, last year, but had to be postponed
because of the menace of piracy.
The distributor of the
film, Igwe Gab Okoye, had alerted the Ojo police station following
the activities of the culprit who was said to have printed millions
of copies of the movie jackets before he was arrested.
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