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The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) yesterday took its anti-piracy war to the Ariaria International Market, Aba, Abia State and confiscatscated volumes of pirated books worth millions.
But the operation turned dangerous as irate traders reacted against the NCC enforcement officers, pelting them with stones, sticks and any missile they could lay their hands on. Though the NCC team and journalists that accompanied them to cover the operation narrowly escaped being lynched, the irate traders succeeded in smashing the windscreens of one of the buses used in the operation with registration number Abia UMA 712 XA.
Trouble started when the federal task force enforcement team led by Mr. Charles Amudipe and a team of mobile policemen entered the book section of A Line of the market and arrested the owner of a bookshop alleged to be deeply involved in selling and distribution of pirated books. As the NCC officers were packing the seized books, including copies of the Holy Bible, young men, who were mostly apprentice traders, gathered round and started making comments against the action of the NCC team. As tempers flared, the traders began throwing sachet water at officers and rapidly graduated to throwing stones and other dangerous weapons while some physically attacked an officer, hitting him hard on the hand to drop the handcuffs he was holding.
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SOURCE: #ThisDay
#NCC #NigerianCopyrightCommission #Aba #Abia #Ariaria
But the operation turned dangerous as irate traders reacted against the NCC enforcement officers, pelting them with stones, sticks and any missile they could lay their hands on. Though the NCC team and journalists that accompanied them to cover the operation narrowly escaped being lynched, the irate traders succeeded in smashing the windscreens of one of the buses used in the operation with registration number Abia UMA 712 XA.
Trouble started when the federal task force enforcement team led by Mr. Charles Amudipe and a team of mobile policemen entered the book section of A Line of the market and arrested the owner of a bookshop alleged to be deeply involved in selling and distribution of pirated books. As the NCC officers were packing the seized books, including copies of the Holy Bible, young men, who were mostly apprentice traders, gathered round and started making comments against the action of the NCC team. As tempers flared, the traders began throwing sachet water at officers and rapidly graduated to throwing stones and other dangerous weapons while some physically attacked an officer, hitting him hard on the hand to drop the handcuffs he was holding.
Click here to read more
SOURCE: #ThisDay
#NCC #NigerianCopyrightCommission #Aba #Abia #Ariaria
