The Lagos Zonal Office of the Nigerian Copyright Commission arrested 25 suspected pirates, and seized goods worth N76.6 million in 2016, the Zonal Manager, Mr. Obi Ezielo, said on Friday in Lagos.
The suspects were arrested at Alaba, Shomolu, Ajegunle and Ojo while the seized goods included 350,000 copies of optical discs, some home videos, movies, musical works and literary books, suspected of being pirated.
Ezeilo said NCC seized N20 million worth of goods in Alaba market in March and N1.5million goods in April in the same market.
‘’In June, N5 million goods were seized at Shomolu, in July, N50 million worth of goods were also seized in Shomolu while in August, N50,000 worth of goods were seized in Ajegunle Lamlad,” the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quoted the NCC official as saying on Friday.
Ezeilo said some of the suspects had been charged to the Federal High Court in Lagos.