War against piracy: Suspected thugs attack NCC taskforce in Ogun

Suspected thugs connected Thursday attacked and prevented a Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) task unit from carrying retired their cognition astatine a publication marketplace successful Sagamu, Ogun.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the enforcement squad had raided 2 bookshops wrong the bustling Sabo marketplace successful Sagamu, confiscated books and sealed the shops.

However, suspected thugs were mobilised to defy the squad and halt them from removing the confiscated books.

After superior threats from the thugs, the NCC squad had to merchandise the confiscated books earlier they were allowed to permission the scene.

Speaking to newsmen aft the incident, Mrs Oluropo Oke, State Coordinator, NCC, Ibadan Office, expressed sadness implicit the incident.

Oke emphasised that winning the warfare against piracy requires sustained efforts, informing that those obstructing arrests would look consequences and prosecution.

“In the people of evacuating pirated books and sealed shops, the store owner’s hubby organised a radical of boys to travel and onslaught us.

“We tin triumph the warfare against piracy with continued combat against it, and 1 time we volition win .

“The presumption of the instrumentality is that they volition beryllium arrested, prosecuted accordingly. The committee is nether the national ministry of justness and each that perpetrated the blockage of apprehension volition look the consequence,” she said.

The authorities coordinator stated that different operations conducted successful Sagamu were successful, explaining that a bookshop with pirated books astatine Akarigbo Junction had been sealed.

“We volition transportation retired our sorting of the books to find however galore copies were pirated and however galore are original.

“Whatever the case; whether it has 1 oregon 2 pirated books, the bookshop proprietor volition surely look the wrath of the law,” she said.

Oke warned that pirated books would harm the economy, beforehand substandard goods, stifle creativity, and deter authors from writing.

NAN besides reports that men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) who accompanied the NCC officials for the cognition handled the concern civilly.

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