Lagos police arrest 5 suspects for pirating Toyin Abraham’s new movie, Malaika
Officers of the Lagos state police command have arrested 5 suspects for pirating Toyin Abraham’s latest movie which is titled Malaika. They arrested this 5 men over alleged piracy of this Nollywood movie produced by Toyin who is a famous Nigerian actress and film producer. Recall Toyin Abraham released this movie in December 2023. The movie first premiered on the 17th of December 2023 and later got to cinemas on the 22nd of December. Shortly after this, some people pirated the movie, and it became available for download anywhere after the actress spent millions to produce the film.
The information about the arrest of these 5 men was released by Aminat Mayegun who is the spokesperson at the Federal Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Ikoyi branch, Lagos. The suspects have also been paraded at their headquarters on Tuesday. She stated that these suspects were involved in conspiracy, cyber related crimes and infringement on the intellectual property of another person. She revealed that Toyin Abraham and the co-producer, Seun Olayemi had lodged a complaint after the movie got pirated after it was only released for cinema viewing.
Toyin Abraham had claimed that these suspects had unlawfully accessed the movie and uploaded it on their website for people to view it freely. This means these suspects were denying the owners of the movie their profits while unlawfully making profits. After the complaint was made, they launched an investigation into the case and involved the special investigative unit of the Anti-fraud and cybercrimes unit of the department. After coordinated efforts, they apprehended the suspects responsible for this.
Toyin Abraham has commended the Police for their swift response to this. Recall she shared in a recent interview that she got panic attacks and was hospitalized after she found out her movie was pirated. She revealed how the news had really affected her especially with all the hard work she put into the production of Malaika.
Officers of the Lagos state police command have arrested 5 suspects for pirating Toyin Abraham’s latest movie which is titled Malaika. They arrested this 5 men over alleged piracy of this Nollywood movie produced by Toyin who is a famous Nigerian actress and film producer. Recall Toyin Abraham released this movie in December 2023. The movie first premiered on the 17th of December 2023 and later got to cinemas on the 22nd of December. Shortly after this, some people pirated the movie, and it became available for download anywhere after the actress spent millions to produce the film.
The information about the arrest of these 5 men was released by Aminat Mayegun who is the spokesperson at the Federal Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Ikoyi branch, Lagos. The suspects have also been paraded at their headquarters on Tuesday. She stated that these suspects were involved in conspiracy, cyber related crimes and infringement on the intellectual property of another person. She revealed that Toyin Abraham and the co-producer, Seun Olayemi had lodged a complaint after the movie got pirated after it was only released for cinema viewing.
Toyin Abraham had claimed that these suspects had unlawfully accessed the movie and uploaded it on their website for people to view it freely. This means these suspects were denying the owners of the movie their profits while unlawfully making profits. After the complaint was made, they launched an investigation into the case and involved the special investigative unit of the Anti-fraud and cybercrimes unit of the department. After coordinated efforts, they apprehended the suspects responsible for this.
Toyin Abraham has commended the Police for their swift response to this. Recall she shared in a recent interview that she got panic attacks and was hospitalized after she found out her movie was pirated. She revealed how the news had really affected her especially with all the hard work she put into the production of Malaika.