The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) says it has arrested three suspected pirates and confiscated pirated books worth about N5 million in Abuja.
NCC Director of Public Affairs, Vincent Oyefeso made this known in a statement.
He said that the commission’s operatives, backed by armed policemen, stormed bookshops at Garki Market on Dec. 14, and apprehended the suspects.
“Preliminary reports show that about 907 infringing copies of religious, motivational and educational titles belonging to various publishers were among the seizures.
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“The titles seized include New General Mathematics for Senior Secondary, Book 3, Modular English, Book 5, by Evans; Nigerian Primary English, Pupil, Book 4, by Learn Africa; National Common Entrance Examination, English and Verbal Aptitude by Ugo C. Ugo.
“Others are Oxford Advanced Leaner’s Dictionary; Harrap Paperback French Dictionary; Islamic Studies for Senior Secondary Schools, Book 3 by University Press Plc.
“Christian Religious Studies and National Values for Primary School, Book 1; Rope of Allah, Book 4; Living as God’s Children, by African University Press Plc., and Bibles,’’ he stated.
