The Lagos State Police Command has charged six suspects before the Igbosere Chief Magistrate’s Court over alleged piracy of ‘Malaika’, renowned actress, Toyin Abraham’s movie.
Mrs Abraham’s movie, ‘Malaika’ premiered in Lagos on December 17, 2023, and a few days later, it made its theatrical debut on December 22, 2023.
Police counsellors from the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Force CID, Alagbon, in Ikoyi, Lagos, had presented the defendants, Adekunle Segun, Kehinde Oseni, Adebiyi Sodiq, Oseni S. Akano, Adebiyi Suliat and Agboola Motunrayo before the Chief Magistrate, E. Ogunkanmi on charges of conspiracy, theft of intellectual property, piracy and other cyber-related crimes.
The prosecutor, Morufu Animashaun, had informed the court that the suspects schemes and carried out the alleged illegal act in January 2024 at Apapa, Lagos.
Animashaun further added that the defendants breached sections 411, 972, 415, and 87 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015 and therefore, they [the suspects] should be remanded in a correctional centre until the resolution of the case.
The defendants had however, pleaded not guilty to the aforementioned charges.
Not too long ago, it was reported that Toyin Abraham had claimed to be suffering from panic attacks and was subsequently hospitalised after she discovered that her newly released movie was pirated.
